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Praemium solution signs first client

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... advice and investment management firm, Merchant Group, is the first to use the enhanced investment portfolio and self-managed super fund administration service. Merchant Group managing director Andrew Chapman said the ability to manage clients on one ...

Centrepoint adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
A financial adviser licensed through Centrepoint Alliance's Professional Investment Services has been banned by ASIC for three years for incompetence. Ramana Rao of Metaplanners in South Australia was banned from providing financial services after it ...

SuperConcepts launches admin tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
SuperConcepts has launched an administrative tool to help self-managed super fund (SMSF) members oversee investments more efficiently. Connected Services gives members greater visibility and faster access to assets, in addition to bank accounts, term ...

Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... $1,637.2 billion +9.1% Of which: total assets in MySuper Products $492.2 billion $610.2 billion +24.0% Total self-managed super fund assets $651.1 billion $701.6 billion +7 Australia's growing retirement savings pool has caught the attention of the nation's ...

ATO warns SMSFs about risky arrangements

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
The Australian Taxation Office issued a stark warning to self-managed superannuation fund members about entering risky retirement planning arrangements that could potentially be illegal. ATO deputy commissioner James O'Halloran urged SMSF trustees to ...

Former adviser cops 10-year imprisonment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
The former principal of Sherwin Financial Planners was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for fraud. Bradley Thomas Sherwin was found guilty of 25 charges following an ASIC investigation arising from of the collapse of his financial planning business ...

ATO affirms SMSF event-based reporting rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) with a balance of $1 million or more will be subject to an event-based reporting regime from 1 July 2018, the Australian Tax Office announced. SMSF members have 28 days after the end of the quarter to report an event ...

Aussie regtech readies firms for MiFID II

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
An Australian regtech has partnered with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to help local financial services firms address compliance in time for the looming MiFID II deadline. APIR Systems will be the LSE's registered agent in Australia and South East ...

Fintech firm launches $7.5m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... follows SelfWealth signing a seven-year agreement with BGL Corporate Solutions, which gives BGL Simple Fund 360 self-managed super clients access to SelfWealth PREMIUM. BGL managing director Ron Lesh said: ""The integration is well timed. With the early ...

Westpac Group results solid despite challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Westpac Group chief executive Brian Hartzer welcomed a solid full-year result for the group, driven in part by the $4 billion added to BT Financial Group's Panorama platform. Westpac reported a statutory net profit of $7.9 billion - up 7% year on year ...