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Spaceship returns 19.41% to super members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
Spaceship's superannuation offerings have delivered some of the best results seen so far, with its flagship product returning almost 20% while the other achieved close to 17%. The GrowthX investment option, first launched in January 2017, returned 19.41% ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... Implementation Statement (CRIS), amounts are based on the total number of relevant providers on the Financial Advisers Register (FAR) at the end of FY24 that amounted to 2766 AFS licensees (AFSL) with 15,371 advisers. Licensees will only pay the levy ...

Future Super returns 10.1% to ethically minded members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
Future Group's flagship super offering has returned 10.1%, while Verve Super achieved 9.9% last financial year. The results are for the Future Super Balanced Index option and Verve Super's standalone strategy. Future Group said the results are proof ...

iExtend receives AFSL after lengthy wait

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... cover due to cost can remain insured. Its services are only available through financial advisers. The group said it has so far received strong support from several advice groups, including Lifespan Financial Planning, Advice Evolution, MBS Insurance ...

AAT mitigates adviser's permanent ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... responsible manager Tony Bates a screenshot of the falsified exam statement. Bates then updated the Financial Advisers Register (FAR) to reflect a 'pass' result for Karamian. Karamian co-founded Bluepoint over 21 years ago, a self-licensed firm ...

Key advice executive leaves Aware Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
Aware Super has farewelled its group executive of advice. Sarah Forman has left the super fund after serving five years in the role. Her departure follows the appointment of Aware Super's new chief operating officer earlier this year and subsequent ...

ASIC calls out sloppy adviser data

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... enforcement from August. AFSLs are making numerous errors when it comes to providing data on the Financial Advisers Register (FAR). This includes AFSLs confusing some advisers' qualifications as "approved" when they meant they were "approved" for ...

Local Aviva Investors managing director to exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of London insurer Aviva Plc, will farewell its local managing director following a decision to manage distribution from Singapore. Australian managing director Brett Jackson has been with the firm ...

Bennelong takes on fledgling boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... Webster said that while Australian investors have dozens of options to access large-cap global listed equities, there are far fewer opportunities to invest in a portfolio of high-quality smaller global companies. "By allocating to small and mid-cap companies ...

Aussies' financial literacy declines, young people fare the worst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Despite many initiatives, financial literacy, capability, and wellbeing levels have dropped in Australia, according to research commissioned by Ecstra Foundation and conducted by SVA Consulting. The International approaches to progressing financial ...