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MLC launches new advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... Financial Group is MLC's new home for aligned financial advisers, with all attached to TenFifty operating as representatives of GWM Adviser Services. It will stand alongside Godfrey Pembroke, MLC Connect and salaried adviser business NAB Financial ...

FASEA extension en route

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... pressure has been mounting on the government to make the call since Labor introduced the amendments in the House of Representatives in February. "As recently as last week, Senator Jane Hume made the inexplicable last-minute decision to de-list a Treasury ...

Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... successfully shepherded the government's Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No.1) bill through both the House of Representatives and the Senate, ensuring the tax relief granted to merging super funds is now permanent, rather than a temporary measure. ...

ISA questioned over political donations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... year after claiming the lobby group does not make political donations. During an urgent hearing of the House of Representatives standing committee on economics, Dean was questioned by Tim Wilson over whether political donations made by ISA or its member ...

Few funds immune to ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... account balance. This is in line with what Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean told the House of Representatives standing committee on economics about low balance members accessing early release. Dean said ISA research had found about ...

ME Bank pays industry funds no dividends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... relationship with the 26 industry funds that own it has come under fire. At an urgent hearing of the House of Representatives economics standing committee chair Tim Wilson questioned ME Bank chief executive James McPhee. At issue was whether the bank ...

ISA, ME Bank issued please explain

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
Industry Super Australia and ME Bank will front the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on Thursday for an urgent hearing. The call for explanations from the bank and ISA comes following news that ME Bank, which is owned by 26 industry ...

FASEA extension to pass next week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... have more time to pass the FASEA exam and meet FASEA's education requirements. It was passed by the House of Representatives in February. Once the bill passes, advisers will be given an additional year to complete the FASEA-approved exam, meaning ...

Frontline worker death nominations spike

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... for all that frontline workers have done over the past months," Cameron said. The data comes after the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics heard the COVID-19 pandemic has driven Australians to ask their life insurers about whether ...

Former AFSL director banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... prohibitions by making unsolicited calls to potential clients and failed to take reasonable steps to ensure its representatives were acting in the best interests of clients. ASIC said Olive Financial did not comply with obligations to ensure that its ...