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MLC, NULIS in court over $100m in illegitimate fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... and MLC Nominees charged 220,000 members of MLC MasterKey Business and MLC MasterKey Personal Super about $33 million in Plan Service Fees despite them being No-Adviser Members. NAB also deducted about $67 million in Plan Service Fees from 300,000 members ...

Advisers warming up to LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Adviser participation in the IPOs of listed investment companies has jumped by nearly 30% since July last year, according to a leading IPO specialist. SeedPartnerships director Chris Clayton says until last year about 80% of LIC floats were taken up ...

UK adviser competency to be re-evaluated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Financial advisers in the UK are facing similar challenges to their Australian counterparts, with the Financial Conduct Authority introducing a new assessment aimed at raising standards and competence. The FCA has partnered with the Chartered Insurance ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Key superannuation industry bodies have welcomed the Federal Government's decision to back flip on its longstanding proposal to increase the Age Pension age to 70. ISA deputy chief executive Matt Linden said the peak body for industry superannuation ...

Former MyPlanner adviser fails best interests test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
The corporate regulator has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a former MyPlanner financial adviser for failing to act in the best interests of his clients. Wollongong-based adviser James Phillip Allen is prohibited from providing financial services ...

Philanthropists must move beyond the hierarchy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
The president at one of the largest US philanthropic institutions believes there is a misnomer that philanthropists must stick to a strict hierarchy when addressing global problems. Speaking at the Philanthropy Australia National Conference this morning ...

Retail super funds reject MySuper delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... submission, NAB accepts there had been a breach or likely breach of section 912A(1)(a) of the Corporations Act with respect to plan service fees (PSFs) deducted from member accounts with no linked adviser. NAB/MLC's PSF compensation figure reached $87.1m ...

New tech for the new advice world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... simulate combinations of advice strategies. Meanwhile, the WealthApp feature allows clients to track their personal financial plan. Tracking goals, cashflow and insurance to provide the client with an instant, digital Statement of Advice, paraplanning ...

Former Mercer director joins MGP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Managed Account Holdings has added a superannuation law expert to its board as it gears up to acquire an existing Registrable Superannuation Entity. Most recently the director of Mercer's boutique legal practice Mercer Legal, Pamela McAlister has ...

ASIC hires former super executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Two former superannuation industry executives have been nominated as members of ASIC to serve a period of five years each. Among his first duties as Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg announced Danielle Press and Sean Hughes will join the corporate ...