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Final YFYS regulations out, government "backflips" on admin fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... members for fees. "This not only allows dud super funds to whitewash years of fee gouging, it also gives unscrupulous players free reign to fiddle the books and shift costs to the investment side with little impact on the performance assessment," ISA ...

Vanguard incentivises staff to get the jab

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Vanguard is offering its US staff US$1000 ($1300) to get vaccinated against COVID-19. A spokesperson said the fund manager has no plans to roll out the incentive for its Australian workers as yet. "While Vanguard strongly encourages staff to get a COVID-19 ...

Financial Masterplan advisers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... Masterplan. Vision Wealth established a website to attract clients by helping them find their lost super through the ATO's free service with Allan and Urrutia then using the results to provide clients with superannuation consolidation and insurance advice. ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... According to the ABS: "The increase in annual CPI inflation includes some 'base effects' following the introduction of free child care and a record fall in fuel prices in the June 2020 quarter." In addition, these "distortions" aside, the underlying ...

Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... of a policy based on the commission, Leigh said. "The challenge with that argument is that it suggests there is a conflict-free alternative, and a fee-for-service arrangement which most advisers are now operating under has the same conflicts as well," ...

Governance Institute of Australia names chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
The Governance Institute of Australia has named a former superannuation association chief executive as its new chair. Pauline Vamos joined the national membership association for governance professionals in July. She replaces Andrew Leake, who was president ...

Advice association shutters

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
A financial advice industry association, which had been vocal in boycotting the FASEA exam and fighting to retain life commissions, has shuttered. The United Financial Advisers Association (UFAA), which claimed to have 6000 members, quietly ended operations ...

Lumiant launches fact find module

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
Lumiant has launched a free module for its adviser customers to enhance its fact find process by including a survey to understand clients' ideal outcomes. The Your Life module includes statements based around Lumiant's eight dimensions of wellbeing ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Among the changes announced this morning, AMP is putting an end to all Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) arrangements at the end of the year and giving advisers the freedom to leave the network with their clients from 2022. As part of a new service model ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... report that a total of 123 people linked to the games had been infected since the start of July. Despite being spectator-free, there are fears that the games could become a super-spreader event, with daily infections estimated to soar around 2600 by ...