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Aussies reunited with $1bn in lost super

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Around $1 billion worth of lost and unclaimed superannuation has been reunited with its rightful owners. The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) estimates 700,000 Australians will receive lost super after super funds have sent ATO's latest consolidating ...

ASIC opens consultation on scaled advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... ASIC wants to know what's stopping them. ASIC senior executive leader, financial advisers Kate Metz said at the Association of Financial Advisers Conference that ASIC has given guidance in the past that supports limited or scaled advice but are hearing ...

FPA announces new specialist designation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has launched the FPA Aged Care Specialist professional designation. The FPA said it is committed to providing its members, and wider profession, with the skills and resources to meet the needs of ...

Gwen Fletcher Award winner named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the winner of its prestigious biannual Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Jacob McCudden from Back to Back Financial Planners, an advice business based in the regional town of Young in New ...

CountPlus adds former MLC practice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... better deliver quality advice to clients," he said. O'Toole is a former director of the Financial Planning Association of Australia and founding chair of Godfrey Pembroke's advisory board. Yesterday, CountPlus announced it sold its 61.28% interest ...

Pension funds told to practice what they preach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... portfolios with their sustainable investment policies, according to the latest annual benchmarking report from the Association of Investors for Sustainable Development. The Association of Investors for Sustainable Development, also known as Vereniging ...

Majority of Aussies want SG rise: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... 75% of Australians want the superannuation guarantee to rise to 12%, according to a survey commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA said 1375 Australians were surveyed in October by Utting Research about their ...

FASEA urged to clarify in-house product conflicts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... disinterested person - without any reference to the specific recommendations made to each client." The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), in its submission, agreed that standard three has some issues. "The FPA remains concerned that the ...

AFA rejigs board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has made a number of appointments to its board and promoted its vice president to replace its longstanding national president. Michael Nowak has been vice president for the past two terms and will replace ...

ASFA proposes MySuper test

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is suggesting an alternative one-off test to weed out underperforming default funds in place of the government's recent proposals. ASFA's Lifting the Bar proposal will examine MySuper products and ...