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Industry fund awards currency mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... including a combined $30 million per annum in savings across the two funds and continuing scale benefits to the combined membership," Fraser said. "The two funds have transitioned successfully to plan and on time in just over 12 months, which is a credit ...

Industry funds call for super shortfall reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... $450 a month in order to incur super payments will also continue to hinder progress. AustralianSuper group executive, membership Rose Kerlin said the removal of this threshold and an increase of the SG to 12% are the key reforms needed to ensure workers ...

Adviser disciplinary regime has holes: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... wiser. That said, the AFA said any investigation currently conducted by an association is inherently less serious as membership is not yet mandatory and there are multiple to choose from. There is also nothing stopping an adviser that is under investigation ...

CountPlus appoints chief operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... joined the business advisory, accounting and audit firm about five years ago and during his tenure helped double the membership size of firms in the network. He is also a former military leader with the British Army and served in the Australian Army. ...

Industry fund appoints new chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... today is one of the most efficiently run, lowest-cost industry funds - and one of the few that's actually growing our membership," he said. "We're a values-based fund that's positioned for further growth, and as the chair I'm looking to innovative new ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... primary way in which the FPA is alerted to adviser conduct issues is by way of self-declarations in applications for membership and at membership renewal time. It does not receive notifications from ASIC. For those members that are referred to the FPA's ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... super to an SMSF against her wishes. The FPA has still not resolved the complaint and Henderson currently holds an FPA membership, De Gori confirmed. In the afternoon, Dover was revealed as the only large scale financial advice licensee to have declined ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... yesterday's inquiry were an unnamed member and Darren Tindall. After conducting its own investigation, the AFA's internal Membership Review Committee recommended for nothing less than a suspension or the association will "significant reputational ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their respective membership rules. The selection process can be viewed here.

Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their respective membership rules. The selection process can be viewed here.