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Aussies want advice from their super fund: CFS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... financial term, "equity", had an average of 9700 monthly searches, followed by "GDP", which was searched an average of 6000 times per month. The term "correlation" came in at number three, searched an average of 2850 times per month in Australia, while ...

Adviser registration deadline moves to February 16

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... advisers, to be registered. This does not include provisional relevant providers. The deadline date has been delayed several times for different reasons. ASIC warned that this will be the final extension and that it will focus its efforts on enforcing ...

Family offices love software: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... family office investors last year. Family offices invested US$114.5 billion in computer software and services, which is three times more than the second-place sector consumer products (US$35.9 billion), followed by financial services (US$29.8 billion) ...

Super viewed as lifeboat by Aussies: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
While experiencing financial strain today, most Australians are confident there's better times ahead because of their superannuation savings. An Essential Research survey of 1151 people, commissioned by the Super Members Council (SMC) in November, found ...

Macquarie Wrap rolls out new features for advisers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... consultant," Weber said. "In fact, the average wait time to get in touch with a consultant via live chat is up to three times shorter than over the phone and nine out of 10 enquiries raised are solved without the need to speak to a consultant over the ...

Treasury to refresh financial adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... enabling computer marking to replace manual marking. This reduces the cost of administering exams and improves response times for exam candidates to receive their results," the explanatory statement reads. Treasury also proposes to remove the requirement ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... particularly SMSF auditors." "But it is applying sunlight to an area in which there has been significant concerns in recent times." The proceedings started in September, while limited procedural steps have taken place. The case management hearing has ...

AustralianSuper in talks to extend administration services mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... house, we can leverage the specialist expertise of our internal team to provide additional support during these challenging times." AustralianSuper will continue to review and uplift its broader administration and member service model with the support ...

Federal Court approves BT Super $30m settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... invested funds in a life policy issued by WLIS (now owned by TAL Life). It did so in circumstances where at all material times both BTFM and WLIS were members of the BT Financial Group (BTFG), a business division within Westpac, and were subsidiaries ...

MLC Life names general manager, remediation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... adviser and customer operations. Since these occurred in May, MLC Life has seen a more than 10% reduction in call handling times, among other improvements, Murray said. "The team have been brought together to oversee the significant body of work being ...