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ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... charges. "Ultimately, financial advisers, licensees, and superannuation trustees should ensure they work to deliver good retirement outcomes for clients and members to uphold member trust and the integrity of the financial system," the regulator said. ...

FSC launches digital advice group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... Digital Advice Expert Group is the culmination of the fledgling association Haramis, Henderson and former abrdn head of retirement, and digital innovation Jason Nyilas formed last year but never officially launched until today. The group aims to help ...

Prime Super finds new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... of Prime Super. "The board looks forward to working with Raelene as we continue to grow and protect the hard-earned retirement savings of our 140,000 members," he said.

ART names advice and education leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has revamped its advice, guidance and education team and created two new leadership roles. ART executive general manager for advice, guidance and education Anne Fuchs said the new team structure will best position the ...

Australian Retirement Trust applies new investment exclusion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
From July 1, Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will add thermal coal to its list of exclusions. ART currently applies three exclusions when directly investing in Australian and international share asset classes across all its investment options, being ...

Super for housing 'economically reckless': SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... Australians to use their superannuation for a house deposit could dramatically drive-up house prices and deplete their retirement savings. "We all desperately want more Australians to own their own home, but this idea won't achieve that - it would ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... that in superannuation terms, a new worker aged 25 starting to save could face a financial disparity of $500,000 by retirement due to poor investment governance. However, on a more positive note, 62% of those surveyed believe that strong investment governance ...

ART reduces admin fees for high balance accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will be reducing the maximum account balance for the percentage administration fee from $800,000 to $500,000. Currently, the percentage fee applies to the first $800,000 of member account balances in each Super Savings ...

Vanguard Super lowers fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... their super." Vanguard recently launched its pension products - account-based pension SpendSmart and transition to retirement option TransitionSmart.

The risks and opportunities in advice: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... Standard that the $135 billion super fund with 647,000 members is conscious of the wave of Australians that will move into retirement over the next 10 years and the significance of how their assets will be managed. "We know that super funds should be ...