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MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... of its e-claims platform in August. The first super fund to sign up was Statewide Super, allowing its 140,000 members to lodge and track insurance claims digitally. MetLife is looking to rollout the system to other superannuation funds this year. "The ...

ASIC permanently bans former Apogee adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... the letter of authority in October 2017. ASIC added that Saad "was not of good fame and character." He has the right to lodge an application for review with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. ASIC said its investigation continues.

ASIC cans advice business AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... in place to ensure representatives understood their obligations to act in the clients' best interests. Evermore did not lodge annual financial statements and auditor's reports, nor did it meet obligations for it to maintain base-level financial requirements ...

Advice associations combine for code monitoring

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A co-operative of financial planning and advice associations have agreed to deliver one code monitoring solution across their respective memberships as part of the wider commitment to lift ethical and professional standards. Signifying a rare moment ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
The British Parliament has put a full stop to months of speculation over PM Theresa May's leadership when she emerged victorious - 200 to 117 - over her own party's (the Conservative Party) no confidence motion lodged against her. The Party's ...

Advisers failing to submit SMSF returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
More than 2700 tax practitioners, who are also trustees of their self-managed superannuation fund, have outstanding SMSF annual returns. This latest figure comes from the Tax Practitioners Board as it launches a new compliance strategy. The TPB is calling ...

New SG laws hit Senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... imprisonment for 12 months or both. Currently, failure to pay an employee super results in financial penalties and failing to lodge an SG statement attracts a penalty of up to 200% calculated on the liability. General interest is also charged for late ...

AFCA receives 500 super complaints in first month

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
Australia's superannuation industry copped more than 500 complaints to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority in the body's first month of operation. AFCA busily began its life last month, with more than 6000 complaints lodged in its first 30 ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... major banks. CBA took on average 104 days, NAB took 139 days, while Westpac took 165 days to commence an investigation and lodge a breach report. In one finding, ASIC said ANZ took on average 1517 days - more than four years - to identify an incident ...

FPA and AFA aim to administer adviser standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers are putting cases forward to manage adviser compliance schemes resulting from the industry's new education and ethics standards. The FPA told its member base ...