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LNP halts push for SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... space." Speaking to the ABC, Senator Hume said she is "ambivalent" on the issue and acknowledged the government faces a hard task in explaining to Australians why they should sacrifice more of their wages for super. The statement comes after the Reserve ...

Platform business in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... Machines). They are also acting as liquidators to Aspiro. Operations of Investar and Spitfire QP were unaffected. "Our first task is to transfer the remaining financial planners and their clients off Spitfire Assets Managers platforms to new advisory ...

HESTA awards three-year mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
HESTA has awarded a three -year mandate to an administrator following a competitive tender process. Link Group has been reappointed to provide the $53 billion super fund with retirement and superannuation solutions. The mandate is for an initial three ...

De Ferrari refuses to discuss Wade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... implemented a number of immediate actions including launching a board culture working group and an employee led inclusion task force. We're in the process of appointing an external expert to help us drive inclusive leadership. The inclusive task ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
The Australian Federal Police have charged three people with allegedly submitting false claims to gain early access to superannuation under the new COVID-19 measures. AFP Taskforce Iris has charged seven people in total with submitting false early release ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... superannuation funds to continue to evolve their equity portfolios as new, better structures become available. "The important task of evolving equity portfolios may be stymied by upfront tax costs, and suggests a framework super funds can use to solve ...

CFA Institute reveals new exam regime

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The CFA Institute has bid farewell to paper-based exams and has announced more flexible and convenient scheduling. The move comes in what the CFA Institute says will turn the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic "into positive opportunities"; modernising ...

Invesco inks ESG plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Invesco is setting out its ESG framework in line with the Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD) framework in its inaugural climate change report. The US$1 trillion fund manager signed the Statement of Support for the TCFD in March 2019, aiming ...

Another sentenced in ATO fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
A man has been sentenced to over seven years in jail for his role as principal conspirator in a syndicate alleged to have defrauded the Commonwealth of more than $105 million over three years. Simon Anquetil pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to ...

APRA intervention blindsided AFA, FPA taskforce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
At the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit, the heads of financial advice industry associations admitted to being blindsided by APRA's intervention on individual disability income insurance. Association of Financial Advisers chief executive ...