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Industry fund pushes for simpler super splitting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... with the help of advocacy group Women in Super, they were able to bring together superannuation industry leaders, representatives from the Federal Circuit Court, government and regulators for a round table discussion to develop solutions. "The first ...

Sunsuper head of corporate, insto sales departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... of merging with the $113 billion QSuper, which the latter's chief executive Mike Pennisi told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, may result in a merger or a "some other arrangement".

HUB24 upgrades distribution capabilities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... appointed a nation teal of training and relationship managers to train and onboard new advisers to the platform, with representatives located in each state responsible for supporting local advisers and their business needs. HUB24 managing director Andrew ...

Bill to defer adviser education standards tabled

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... bill to defer the education and training standards for existing financial advisers was introduced in the House of Representatives today. The bill was circulated by the authority of Michael Sukkar, minister for housing and Assistant Treasurer. It will ...

Why joint effort is required in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... Judith Fox from the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association and John Maroney from the SMSF Association. Representatives from the Financial Services Council, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the Australian Financial Complaints ...

Enforcement appetite is working: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
The prudential regulator has told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that despite tough conditions it has shown an increased appetite to be "constructively tough". APRA chair Wayne Byres told the committee that broader enforcement ...

How much a self-licensee spends on compliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... Nadia Docker, who is a director at Integrity Compliance, said a self-licensee will need two to three authorised representatives to break even on the cost. Docker's view was shared by Lonsdale Financial Group chief executive Mark Stephen. His dealer ...

AFSLs show widespread non-compliance: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... has found widespread non-compliance with fee disclosure obligations across the sample of AFS licensees and their representatives, suggesting that compliance with the FDS and RN obligations may be an industry-wide problem." Press said consumers are at ...

FSC hails super choice amendments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... yesterday's introduction of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Superannuation, Your Choice) bill to the House of Representatives, and said the changes - which will allow up to one million Australians to choose the fund their super guarantee entitlement ...

AMP transfers 25% of accounts to ATO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... measures to reduce duplicated accounts and we felt the right approach was to transfer them to the ATO." The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has been grilling superannuation funds over the practice of transferring "zombie accounts" ...