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Standard Life Assurance fined for hawking non-advised annuities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Standard Life Assurance has been slapped with a £30.8 million ($54.9m) fine by the UK regulator for hawking non-advised annuities. The Financial Conduct Authority found SLA offered its call centre staff "significant bonuses and rewards" if they exceeded ...

Active, passive investing continues to confuse: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Active and passive management are still confusing investors, according to Natixis Investment Managers. Latest research from the global investment giant shows just over two thirds of surveyed investors across the globe understand the difference between ...

Australian fintech, Deliveroo partner

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
The food delivery provider has partnered with an Australian fintech appto help their riders during tax time and accrue retirement savings. Deliveroo partnered with Solo & Smart, a mobile app designed for the self-employed in Australia, offering automatic ...

First State Super, VicSuper merger talks progress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
First State Super and VicSuper have now signed a Binding Heads of Agreement to merge, with leadership roles and a 2020 deadline confirmed. In an update, the funds said a successful merger would see the creation of a $120 billion fund serving more than ...

ATO clarifies SMSF death benefit income streams

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
The Australian Tax Office has released a new explanatory note on death benefit income streams, which a self-managed superannuation fund specialist has labelled as "confusing". The ATO said SMSFs recently raised a number of questions around the interaction ...

Super fund hires strategy lead from MLC Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
An $80 billion industry superannuation fund has hired a former MLC Life chief customer officer. Anand Thomas is joining UniSuper as chief strategy and marketing officer, in a role that will work closely with the chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan. ...

YouTube fundie called out by FCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has criticised Neil Woodford who famously issued a tearful YouTube apology to investors whose money was frozen in one of his funds. Woodford Investment Management suspended trading in its Woodford Equity Income Fund ...

CommSec fixes faulty statements

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
CommSec has identified issues in statements it sent to customers holding exchange traded options through its platform and is fixing them. CommSec made the first batch of changes to ETO statements in October last year and has a pipeline of future work ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The peak bodies representing financial advisers have taken similar positions on the Government's latest round of superannuation reforms. In submissions to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on the Putting Members' Interests First Bill ...

ISA lays out $416bn super saving plan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
The peak body for industry superannuation wants to see workers' retirement savings follow them from job to job by automatically rolling over into a single fund. Laying bare its plan to save $416 billion in retirement savings, Industry Super Australia ...