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AFCA flags legal uncertainty on SMSF wholesale test

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... recent AFCA Member Forum to highlight a grey area that advisers can overlook after one AFCA complainant, who was the corporate trustee of an SMSF, engaged an advice firm to provide advice and broking services. The complainant argued that the SMSF receiving ...

Best super fund products revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... constituted the lion's share at 71%, including 85 products from industry funds, 22 from public sector, and nine from corporate funds. The latest products to receive a AAA rating are: Australian Retirement Trust - QSuper Lifetime Pension, Australian Retirement ...

AvSuper prepares members for merger, fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... accounts. Its accumulation MySuper default option is called the Super Savings Lifecycle Investment strategy. AvSuper corporate accumulation members, which are charged the same admin costs, will see these change to $1 per week, plus 0.05% p.a. on the ...

ACNC tightens screws on NFPs with complex corporate structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) announced it will focus on the misuse of complex corporate structures this year. ACNC commissioner Sue Woodward said the commission is "becoming increasingly concerned about the misuse of ...

Super SA names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... taken on the role following almost a decade as South Australia's commissioner for consumer affairs, commissioner for corporate affairs, liquor and gambling commissioner and commissioner for prices. At the same time, he led the operation of Consumer ...

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... investors welcome innovative investment solutions such as this. Meantime, Equity Trustees executive general managers, corporate and superannuation trustee services Andrew Godfrey said: "We are pleased to be appointed as the responsible entity role for ...

ASIC extends ETF class order

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... index. The class order allows relief that include exemptions for the equal treatment relief for responsible entities and corporate directors, enabling them to limit redemptions and provide certain information to authorised participants only, and modifications ...

Mayfair 101 regains control of assets, liquidators abandon claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... trustee and liquidator's attempt to have the group liquidated. "Today's settlement announcement suggests the corporate regulator took the wrong position, supported false information when on notice of it, and aided the winding up of the IPO Wealth ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... is uncertain, dividends are well supported," Ben Lofthouse, head of global equity income at Janus Henderson, said. "Corporate cash flow in most sectors has remained strong and is providing plenty of firepower for dividends and share buybacks." Lofthouse ...

ASX settles $1.05m fine for transparency failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... fundamental to ensuring fair and efficient markets, underscoring that this enforcement action is a demonstration of the corporate regulators commitment to upholding the highest standards. "ASIC will continue to take action to ensure that market operators ...