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Lifeplan upgrades investment offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Lifeplan Funds Management has redesigned its NextGen Investment and Lifeplan Education Investment Fund product offering to comply with FOFA. Matt Walsh, head of Lifeplan, said the business saw the changing regulatory environment as an opportunity to ...

APRA releases draft MySuper authorisation form

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
APRA today released a discussion paper for consultation covering arrangements to authorise MySuper products, including a draft application form. A draft prudential standard on MySuper transition that sets out requirements for trustees moving member ...

Asgard launches new website for advisers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
Asgard launched a new website today, designed to ease advisers' administrative end of financial year (EFOY) stresses and strains. The website will assist advisers with end of financial year processing and reporting, and offers an interactive calendar ...

FOFA will not be delayed: Minter Ellison

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Federal Government's FOFA legislation will be implemented on target, said Minter Ellison Lawyers at a roundtable yesterday. "I can't see there being any delays. It would require a change to legislation to do that and I'm sure that there won't be," ...

Less tax appeal for high income earners in super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
High-income earners are set to see superannuation tax concessions cut in next week's budget. The move to increase tax on concessional contributions to 30% is likely to affect the approximately 128,000 Australians who earn more than $300,000 a year. ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
Tranche three of draft MySuper legislation has raised the stakes in super governance, but the industry is looking to the consultation process to remedy long-held concerns over inequalities between the not for profit and retail sectors. The draft legislation ...

APRA releases draft prudential standards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released its proposed prudential standards, open to industry response until July 20. The regulator said it is proposing to introduce prudential standards covering topics common to other APRA-regulated ...

Count taps Clark, expands BDM network

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Former BT Financial Group executive Judy Clark has moved to Count Financial in the newly created role of senior executive member development. According to a memo circulated to members on Tuesday from chief executive David Lane, Clark's team aims to ...

BT Ethical divests last News Corp share

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
BT Ethical Fund today joined the ranks of other Australian-based ethical investment specialists in being free from holdings in News Corp. As News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch testified before the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, BT Ethical has confirmed ...

Research warns super funds on reporting

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Super fund members run the risk of being given the wrong information about the performance of their funds, according to a recent analysis by the Actuaries Institute. Recommendations, prepared for the actuarial profession and financial regulators, outline ...