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ASIC sets adviser exam dates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... adviser exam in 2022. Following the first round of exams that took place in February, ASIC announced new sitting dates yesterday. Enrolments for the May sitting open on April 4 and close on April 26. Financial advisers will have the option to sit the ...

Super funds drop Russian assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... are dropping Russian assets in response to its invasion of Ukraine amid escalating global sanctions against Russia. Yesterday Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Senator Jane Hume released a joint statement requesting that super funds review their Russian ...

MSCI, FTSE Russell drop Russia from indexes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... indexes and reclassify the country, citing accessibility requirements. The index providers announced their decisions yesterday, to take effect next week. MSCI said the MSCI Russia Indexes will be reclassified from Emerging Markets to Standalone Markets ...

Hume pledges less red tape for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
The Liberal Party is promising major changes to the financial advice industry ahead of the federal election, ones that will overhaul compliance, costs, and education standards. Senator Jane Hume promoted the idea of deregulating the advice industry ...

SuperConcepts refreshes SuperMate

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
SuperConcepts has officially released its new look SMSF software, SuperMate. Launched yesterday during an online event, SuperConcepts chief executive Grant Christensen said SuperMate Classic users will be able to work under a hybrid model, "processing ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... performance of SMSFs. The SMSFA and the University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) yesterday released their findings after a joint examination of the financial performance of a large sample of self-managed super funds. ...

FSCP panel members named

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... at least two other members from within the broader industry. Announced by minister for financial services Jane Hume yesterday, the part-time members of the FSCP are: Shabnam Amirbeaggi, Debra Anderson, Julie-Anne Berry, Gabrielle Bouffler, Kathryn Brown ...

$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... 300,000 people eligible for super contributions. The bill to remove the monthly income threshold was passed in Parliament yesterday, alongside the Retirement Income Covenant and the Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles regime. From 1 July 2022, all ...

Advisers can step up to retirement planning boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said the passage of the Retirement Income Covenant legislation yesterday calls for stronger impartial, quality financial advice provided on retirement options and products. "To make the most of ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... long-awaited reforms, the Retirement Income Covenant and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle regime, passed parliament yesterday. Superannuation funds will have to provide a retirement income strategy for members to assist them in their later years ...