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ASIC takes financial planner to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... Financial Advisory from June 2014 to August 2017. ASIC alleged that during this time Gordon recommended his clients establish SMSFs and extend unsecured loans to a property development company, which has since been placed in liquidation. At least 10 ...

ASIC slams SMSF advice, flags further education reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... indicate a need to increase the education and training requirements for advice providers who provide personal advice on SMSFs," ASIC said in its report. The regulator said deficiencies ranged from record-keeping and process failures to failures likely ...

MySuper approaches $650 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... accounts for more than 50% of pre-retirement, APRA-regulated superannuation assets if you exclude self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and retirement assets. While the growth rate of MySuper assets is on an exponential path, questions are being raised publicly ...

Sequoia sells direct equities business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... retained and transferred to another Sequoia-controlled entity. Sequoia Direct provides general advice on portfolio management, SMSFs, direct equities trading, structured products and insurance, and also provides a suite of market data and trading tools. ...

Fidante eyes actively managed ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... over the time, this will lead to a quite profound shift in the diversification particularly for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and other self-directed investors. They are usually under-allocated to fixed income and that's partly because it's ...

SMSF cash balances not ballooning: BGL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... great supporter of a lot of the SMSF statistical analysis bandied around by some, with our software covering 23% of all SMSFs, I think our figures are reasonably representative," he said. Last week, a report by Vanguard and Investment Trends found the ...

Industry fund calls for tougher SMSF rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... is urging for reforms in light of the Productivity Commission's recent draft report on superannuation. The report found SMSFs with smaller balances (less than $1 million) perform "significantly worse" than APRA-regulated funds. Using ATO data, it highlighted ...

SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... equities returned six percentage points higher than Australian equities over the 12 month period - an opportunity that many SMSFs missed out on. Implications for smaller SMSFs Nearly three out of four SMSFs have assets under $1 million and these funds ...

Global fixed income manager mulls active bond ETFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... executives of Legg Mason-aligned Western Asset Management spoke of the high barriers to entry in the fixed income market for SMSFs, proposing actively managed bond ETFs as a potential solution. Commenting on how SMSFs currently allocate bonds within ...

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... that any funds with less than $1 million in assets will perform significantly worse than institutional funds. In contrast, SMSFs with more than $1 million in assets are marginally better off, with the report citing data from the past decade showing these ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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