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Aware Super launches $7 billion property arm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
Aware Super has launched its real estate arm and intends to hold $7 billion in assets within five years. First announced in June, Aware Real Estate will actively manage the super fund's directly owned Australian living, industrial, office and mixed-use ...

ABN AMRO Clearing pays $222k penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
ABN AMRO Clearing Sydney has paid a penalty of $222,000 to comply with an infringement notice given by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The MDP found that in 2021, on three occasions, ABN AMRO registered block trades on the ASX24 Market in the ...

Final Royal Commission reforms to be tabled, YFYS review begins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
The final raft of legislative reform resulting from the Royal Commission will be introduced to parliament this week and consultation on the review of the Your Future, Your Super regime has commenced, minister for financial services Stephen Jones confirmed ...

ClearView Wealth appoints rehabilitation manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
ClearView Wealth has appointed Alicia Edwards to the newly created position of rehabilitation manager. Before joining she was a senior rehabilitation consultant at OnePath Zurich and also held a number of roles at Konekt. Edwards will be responsible ...

AustralianSuper breaks into world's top 20 pension funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
The superannuation giant has jumped two places in a global survey of pensions and now ranks number 20 with total assets of US$169 billion. According to annual research conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments, 15 Australian ...

The unintended consequences of the performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
While the annual Your Future, Your Super performance test is focused on stamping out underperformance, its impact on industry consolidation is likely already shifting, according to KPMG. The results of the second annual performance test are expected ...

A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
The industry has welcomed Michelle Levy's draft reform proposals, saying the consultation paper released today provides "a sensible roadmap" and a way forward. The Quality of Advice Review consultation paper was released this afternoon, outlining ...

ASIC tells super trustees to improve TMDs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
ASIC is calling on superannuation trustees to review and improve the effectiveness of target market determinations (TMD) for their products. The regulator's request follows a sample review of trustee compliance that found some poor practices. ASIC ...

MobiSuper, licensee to pay $250k penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
MobiSuper and its licensee will pay a $250,000 penalty for breaching superannuation advice laws while promoting the MobiSuper fund. MobiSuper and ZIB Financial will pay the combined penalty after the Federal Court found MobiSuper representatives had ...

A strong super system cushions the economy: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
An Industry Super Australia (ISA) report has called the pool of national savings created by the super system a key strength of the Australian economy and the envy of the world. According to the report, in periods of economic uncertainty and market volatility ...