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SMSFA collaborates with APRA on rollover improvements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... SMSF bank account documentation when requesting rollovers from APRA regulated funds. Although the SuperStream rollover standards for SMSFs that commenced in October 2021 were designed to improve the efficiency and security of rollovers between the two ...

HESTA confirms bid for Ramsay Health Care

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... Ramsay and are at the forefront of the Consortium's shared vision for expansion and innovation that can achieve new standards of care and an enhanced employee experience," Blakey said. This latest announcement continues the $68 billion industry fund's ...

End choice dashboard delay: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... is right and proper because they are default products, but all superannuation products must be held to the same high standards of transparency and disclosure, without exception, because they contain Australians' retirement savings," she said. "This is ...

ASIC releases latest adviser exam results

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... time. This was the first time the exam had been administered by ASIC following the dissolution of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority at the end of 2021. ASIC said close to 20,000 candidates have sat the exam to date, with 91% passing. ...

abrdn establishes Sustainability Group, promotes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... will provide subject matter expertise to the broader group's investment processes while also setting frameworks and standards and supporting product design. A leadership team has been appointed to the new division, led by chief sustainability officer ...

Experienced advisers in education limbo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... "It is imperative that any changes improve the accessibility and affordability of financial advice whilst upholding standards that support consumer confidence in the profession," she said

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... help raise the standard of entity-level disclosure of fund managers in Australia from its current low level by world standards."

ASIC sets adviser exam dates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... the lowest pass rate on record. The exam, which were the last to be administered by the now-defunct Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, saw 52% of the 2129 advisers successfully pass. ASIC took over FASEA's remit on January 1. The pass ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... research came up with some theories. First, Sandberg suggested there is some evidence that women are held to higher standards than men. He says the glass ceiling theory holds merit; it is tougher for women to climb the corporate ladder - and those who ...

Direct indexing: The next evolution?

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... investors will go ahead and buy an ethical ETF that they've researched carefully and have worked out meets their ethical standards," he said. "That gives them what they're looking for - they've invested in a simple way, and it gives them ...