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Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
ASIC has come under pressure from a Senator to look into AMP's treatment of financial advisers, including reducing the value of its Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) agreements. Labor senator for NSW Deborah O'Neill has written to ASIC chair James Shipton ...

Property investors should diversify: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
First Sentier's head of global property securities is urging investors to take a diversified approach to property, as some sectors fare better than others in the COVID-19 economic wash-up. First Sentier head of global property securities Stephen Hayes ...

Super funds face fresh data requirements

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... regulator, and will be holding a webinar in early July to clear up any queries. "APRA understands that the PDC is at short notice on already constrained resources and that some funds may find it difficult to implement in the timeframes required," Bliss ...

COVID-19 brings trading boom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
New data shows sharemarket engagement has ticked up since the COVID-19 pandemic set in, as more Australians work from home. Latest nabTrade data reveals applications to the share trading platform increased 360% over the last quarter, with trading volumes ...

Australia lagging on robo-advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
Australia is still dragging the chain on robo-advice but there is hope for local providers, according to new global research on the take-up of the technology. Latest Investment Trends shows Australia is still lagging behind when it comes to the adoption ...

Industry fund in successor fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... 16. The transfer includes all accounts attached to LESF Super sub-plans, including Grow Super and Zuper. According to a notice sent to Grow members, Diversa - which is trustee for both LESF Super and Smartsave - has determined it is in the best interest ...

Public super fund rejigs offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... $1000 of amount insured. (Number of days in the month/365.25) x (Amount Insured/1000 x Premium Rate)," the fund said in a notice to members. Defence Force personnel are paid employer contribution to superannuation at 16.4%, regardless of which fund they ...

ASIC warns funds to clean up adverts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... funds downplaying their risk of capital loss, and giving investors the impression that they can withdraw money on short notice, where the liquidity of the fund assets doesn't support the claim. It did not name the responsible entities or the funds it ...

Flamingo AI acquisition scrapped

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... consent to assign contracts or assets, and entry into a formal agreement. Flamingo's founder Catriona Wallace had been given notice about cessation of her employment as the head of business development but will stay on the board, alongside Bryn Hardcastle ...

ASIC ends relief for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... relief even earlier than the October date, or choose to extend it. The regulator assured that it would give sufficient notice before any early repeal or extension is implemented.