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Conditional release for former Hillross adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
A former financial adviser has received a conditional release without conviction for a period of two years after pleading guilty to false document charges. Wael Kourieh, who was an authorised representative of Hillross between 2010 and 2016, pleaded ...

Government releases final YFYS regulations

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
The government yesterday registered the final regulations for Your Future, Your Super reforms. The bill passed the Parliament on June 17. The regulations have sharpened the methodology for annual performance tests, which it says will incentivise underperforming ...

New shareholder at Crescent Wealth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... with the purchase of a BP service station in Adelaide. It claims to now be South Australia's largest privately owned employer, investing in a range of fields. "On behalf of my fellow board members I would like to welcome Charlie to the register and the ...

Retail fund tops MySuper tables for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... average fund posted over 18% in returns, CommBank's Essential Super was the top one-year performer. Essential Super Employer - Lifestage 1980-84 returned 26.5% in the year ending June, according to Rainmaker's performance tables for workplace ...

GigSuper eyes $1.5m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... currently has under 200 members and $2.8 million in assets. Stanhope said it wants to be the Australian Ethical of self-employer superannuation in five years, when it hopes to have 60,000 members and over $2 billion in total assets. He said the fund ...

AMP sued over corporate super misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... $600,000 in financial advice fees from 1540 customers despite having been notified that those customers had left their employer-sponsored super accounts and therefore could not access the financial advice for which the fees were charged. ASIC further ...

Spaceship hits $1bn in total assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... product, and is expecting cashflows to break even by 2023, which is five years into its life. As a Choice product with no employer relations, Spaceship's superannuation fund is immune to the new stapling and performance benchmarking requirements. Read ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
There are structural issues with the ways in which companies handle sexual harassment complaints which inherently discriminate against victims, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference has heard. That was the message heard ...

Eliminating debt prioritised over pension contributions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... their pension plan to meet their retirement goals (up 10% from 2016). About 70% said this should be coming from their employer (up 31% from 2016). J.P. Morgan AM vice president of retirement insights Alexandra Nobile said: "The pandemic highlighted the ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Two months out from his last day at UniSuper, chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan talks to Financial Standard about his eight years at the fund, going public offer and staying away from mergers. O'Sullivan arrived at UniSuper in 2013, after a career ...