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ASIC releases weekly regulatory tracker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
ASIC has launched a new weekly regulatory tracker to assist users during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tracker lists and includes links to all new and updated regulatory guides, information sheets, reports and consultation papers issued by ASIC and published ...

SMSF Association appoints deputy chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... sector, I am looking forward to bringing the experience and technical knowledge I have accumulated over many years to the table and making a positive contribution to the growth of the association and the sector," Burgess said. SuperConcepts chief executive ...

Super CIOs defend illiquid assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
At a virtual round table hosted by QIC the chief investment officers of AustralianSuper, LGIAsuper and more defended allocations to illiquid assets. Following weeks of scrutiny over potential liquidity issues facing super funds, the chief investments ...

IOOF, CountPlus, Iress want better path to fee consent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... to implement the legislation. It is Iress' view that blockchain could be the solution to the issue. During a recent round table with industry figures, Walsh found agreement on this point. "We had over 80 people join the roundtable to hear a range of ...

Never say never to RBA help: First State Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... fund's chief investment officer Damian Graham said the uncertain economic future means the option should remain on the table. Speaking to Financial Standard, Graham said the fund doesn't feel that it is short of liquidity at the moment, meaning ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
As consumers saw their superannuation balances nosedive when the COVID-19 pandemic began wreaking havoc on the market, many were surprised to learn their retirement savings weren't quite as safe as they thought, reigniting the debate around 'balanced' ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... which could be used where a fund is unable to meet the needs of members." Funds being "directed" to merge is not off the table, Frydenberg said. "The government expects APRA to exercise those powers in circumstances where it is in the best interest of ...

Industry bodies work to ease regulatory burdens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... financial position," Marshan said. "Telling someone who has lost their job to take $10,000 out of super to put food on the table and pay their mortgage might be a no brainer but we're in a regulatory environment where it can take 26 hours of work to ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... and vice versa with people who are basically increasing their cash holdings," Vynokur said. "They took some risk off the table, basically, early on when the volatility induced by the coronavirus had started creeping into the market." By taking funds ...

Superannuation fund delays custodian swap

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
A $35 billion public sector superannuation fund has deferred its transition to a new custodian, citing heightened short-term risk from COVID-19. Funds SA last July said it would end its 19-year-long custody relationship with J.P. Morgan and move to ...