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Australian Ethical flows driven by super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
In an ASX announcement, Australian Ethical reported positive quarterly net flows ($0.16 billion) driven by superannuation flows. Super flows accounted for $0.15 billion of Australian Ethical's quarterly net flows. Meanwhile, managed fund flows were ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
Research by Rainmaker Information shows that an industry fund has the best performing personal super investment option, as at 30 November 2022. Hostplus Personal - Balanced option ranked first in Rainmaker's last superannuation performance tables ...

FSC releases claims handling standard for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released an enforceable standard for handling group life insurance claims in superannuation. The FSC's new standard replaces existing voluntary guidance and sets a minimum level of service that consumers can ...

ASIC takes action against more greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
ASIC has continued its crackdown on greenwashing, having recently fined two more entities over alleged false or misleading statements. Earlier this month, ASIC announced it fined superannuation trustee Diversa Trustees $13,320. Diversa is the issuer ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The annual MySuper heatmap shows there are six products that had significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper ...

Latest adviser exams see 57% pass rate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
Just over half of the candidates who sat the November exam passed, revealed ASIC. ASIC released the 19th cycle Financial Advisers Exam results and said, of the 282 candidates who sat the test, only 161 (57%) were approved. It explained 57% sat the test ...

ALRC should prioritise advice regulations: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has said the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) should prioritise advice regulations in its ongoing review of financial services law. In its latest submission to the ALRC review of the Legislative ...

Financial advice among most qualified professions: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Following education reforms, analysis of financial advisers' tertiary qualifications suggests the advice sector is now among the most highly educated professions in Australia. Rainmaker Information's 2022 review of advisers' ASIC-recognised qualifications ...

ASIC hands out more interim stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
In a bid to protect retail investors from funds that may not be suitable for their financial objectives, situation or needs, the corporate regulator has placed interim stop orders on both Australian Fiduciaries Limited (AFL) and APS Savings Limited ...

Australian Ethical appoints chief executive, superannuation

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
Christian Super boss Ross Piper has been appointed chief executive, superannuation at Australian Ethical following the merger between the two funds. Piper, who joins the leadership team, will oversee the firm's superannuation business and operations ...