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SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
Super Members Council (SMC) has slammed the Coalition's plan for young Australians to use their super for a house deposit, saying new modelling shows it could cost taxpayers a cumulative $1 trillion. SMC said even a policy which capped super withdrawals ...

Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
Count has renewed its contract with Iress to continue to provide software to its 550 financial adviser network. Count's financial advisers will continue to use Iress' Xplan, saying that it wanted to partner with the right provider to support ...

APRA investigates NobleOak capital adequacy breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
The prudential regulator is taking action against NobleOak Life for breaching its capital adequacy obligations. APRA said this morning that it will investigate the ASX-listed company's compliance process that led to breaches of capital adequacy requirements ...

APRA releases annual corporate plan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
APRA published its updated plan to reinforce the financial soundness of the banking, insurance and superannuation industries over the next four years, with few surprises on offer. The priorities in APRA's new Corporate Plan for 2022-2023 are based ...

Sri Lanka announces bankruptcy

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Sri Lanka's debt-laden economy has collapsed, and its newly elected prime minister has announced bankruptcy as the island nation suffers its worst financial crisis in decades. Due to the crisis, the country has seen severe shortages of necessities like ...

Umlaut acquires Specialist PMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
The two businesses are set to provide a new level of Xplan knowledge and support to the financial services sector. While each business will continue operating as normal, financial services firm Umlaut said the acquisition of the Xplan consultant will ...

Diversa culls more products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
The latest round of cuts sees the closure of three more sub-plans. Earlier this year, Diversa moved to close four of its sub-plans - GROW Super, Brightday, MYONESUPER and Super Prophets - which collectively held about $70 million. Now, Diversa will ...

Record number of adviser graduates: Kaplan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Kaplan Professional announced a record number of financial advisers have graduated from postgraduate financial planning qualifications in 2020 and 2021. Over 3000 advisers have graduated from Kaplan's postgraduate financial planning qualifications since ...

Heritage Bank, People's Choice proceed with merger plans

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
The banks are moving forward with plans to merge following a rigorous due diligence process. The merger between Heritage Bank and People's Choice Credit Union is set to create an organisation with about 720,000 members and $22.5 billion in total assets. ...

Experienced advisers in education limbo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
Experienced financial advisers that have yet to gain a bachelor's degree or equivalent are caught in the middle of a political maelstrom promising an easier education pathway. With both major parties announcing significant changes to adviser qualifications ...