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Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... lengthy in-person queues, delays in providing a remediation outcome, difficulties in obtaining a booking or appointment, third-party timelines and their related delays," the report said. The report found that half of superannuation complaints were resolved ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... Australia continues to fall over time, with 30% of first marriages likely to end in divorce, second marriages around 50% and third marriages at over 60%. Statistics also show that 33% of divorces are triggered by men. "What's really important as ...

Magellan launches third Vinva fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... strategies and allows our team to remain focused on delivering investment returns for our clients," Waked said. The fund is the third Vinva fund Magellan has brought to market and follows the launch of the Vinva Global Equity Fund and the Vinva Australian ...

Swan hits back at Bragg: 'That's wrong of you'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... are the best possible frameworks." Swan reinforced that the delays in claims handling was primarily due to issues with a third-party provider, to which committee chair Senator Andrew Bragg sought to remind him of trustees' obligations. "We are not ...

Illegal investment scheme operator to pay $1.25m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... as Facebook, and offered fixed returns of 25% to 50% to be paid between 12 to 26 months. Many investors were referred to third parties to establish self-managed superannuation funds to invest in the schemes. The court found that many of the 217 investors ...

AustralianSuper expands international equities team

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... AustralianSuper has announced three senior investment management appointments to its international equities leadership team. About one third, or $110 billion, of AustralianSuper's total assets is invested in international equities. Presently, about 30% ...

Brighter Super makes fee, death benefit changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... to the $105 they currently pay. A member with more than $550,000, however, will pay $731 instead of $1065. This marks the third time in three years that the fund has decreased admin fees. Since it completed the mergers of Energy Super and Suncorp Super ...

Advisers put faith in global equities, small caps in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... from Canopy Investors, saying a second Donald Trump administration in the US could spike growth in this sector. Over one third (35%) are expecting to increase client allocations to the asset class, second only to fixed income (41%), the study found. ...

Top asset owners return to growth: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... ranked 45 th, Aware Super came in at 70 th, and UniSuper ranked 96 th. More broadly, Asia Pacific accounts for about one third of the total assets, coming in as the second-largest region in the study. "Asset owners globally are navigating a series of ...

Top advisers champions in two key areas: Iress

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... signatures, which could greatly contribute to expediting parts of the advice implementation process. The data suggests that a third of advice businesses 'almost always' use digital signing services with clients, but it's still not standard ...