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Two new faces join SMSF Association board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... continuity at a time when we are undertaking board renewal. It also reflects well on the strength and capabilities of our membership that we can make appointments of this calibre." Scotchbrook is a chartered accountant with SMSF Specialist and Public ...

ASIC suspends advice group AFSL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... services licence of a Sydney-based financial advice group. Australasia Wealth Services and Management failed to obtain membership of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), therefore breaching its financial reporting and audit obligations. ...

APRA self-assesses shortcomings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... or guidance could be enhanced. Industry participants that contributed to the report said while some consideration of membership demographics and insurance design has occurred, improvements have been "slow." Many insurers and super funds gave little consideration ...

Industry funds eye SMSF market stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... it said. "What is becoming clearer every year is the disparity between the best and worst performers in relation to membership growth, with the fastest growing funds in Australia increasing membership due to one or a number of mergers," the report reads. ...

Industry fund appoints former Rest GM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... capability. Club Plus Super appointed Beth Parkin as its new head of member experience, as the fund aims for a larger membership base. Previously a general manager of customer service at Rest, Parkin has more than 20 years of experience in customer related ...

Transparency key to ESG advice success

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... Super Insights Report for last year found that Australian Ethical was the fastest growing super fund in Australia by membership for the past five years. Australian Ethical emphasises the interest in ethical investing is mainstream, which the data appears ...

Superannuation fund chief accepts new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... one-in-five Queenslanders are members of the $64 billion superannuation fund. The newly merged funds have a total 1.4 million membership base. This includes the integration of Kinetic Super members, which finalised last year. Prior to merging, AustSafe ...

FPA disciplines two members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... determinations from the association's Conduct Review Commission. On Friday the FPA said two members would be stripped of their membership and professional designations for a period of time, after breaching the association's code of professional practice. ...

CFA Institute settles hiring dispute

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... participate in grading because of their charterholder status, their interest and commitment to the examination process, and membership of CFA Institute," the institute said in a statement. CFA Institute chief executive and president Paul Smith said the ...

Trust deficit boosts Australian Ethical membership, FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... demand for sustainable and ethical products has helped boost Australian Ethical's inflows and superannuation fund membership in the six months to December 2018. The fund manager and superannuation provider recorded positive net flows of $147.8 million ...