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New SMSF solution for Islamic Australians launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... and Islamic family members who wanted to pool funds in an SMSF to buy property. Meezan also provides an Islamic superannuation fund which invests in a Sharia-compliant way. Islam said members of the Islamic community in Australia overwhelmingly preferred ...

AvSuper prepares members for merger, fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
AvSuper provided further updates on its merger with Australian Retirement Trust (ART), flagging to members that they will likely see investment, administration, and insurance fees increase. AvSuper will join the $280 billion ART with its 2.3 million ...

Deloitte eyes more mergers and product innovation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
Superannuation funds will be focused on ongoing merger activity and strengthening retirement strategies and product solutions in the next few years, according to Deloitte's Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System report. The report forecasted ...

Chalmers expected to deliver Budget surplus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... Chalmers said many of the big Budget announcements have already been made, including the stage three tax cuts and superannuation on paid parental leave. In addition, the government has also planned big spending for aged care, the expansion of the NDIS ...

ART adds heavyweights to board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... experience at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, including 10 years as deputy chair looking after superannuation and insurance before stepping down last year. For his part, Parkinson previously served as secretary of the Department of Prime ...

Industry funds set to gobble up over 50% of superannuation assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Industry funds will soon be home to more than 50% of all superannuation assets, as per Deloitte's Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System report. Retail funds are anticipated to grow in the future, thanks to their existing scale, a wealthier ...

Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... and 2021. Interestingly, in 2023 there were no class actions filed against a major bank. Instead, they covered superannuation, conduct in selling complex financial products, shareholder class actions, and data breaches. On 22 December 2023, a class action ...

ASIC bans Queensland financial adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... authorised representative and responsible manager of Octillion Partner Pty Ltd, Rose recommended six self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) clients to invest their superannuation in a financial product. ASIC found that Rose engaged in conduct that was ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
AustralianSuper announced it would be one of 600 companies globally to participate in the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Early Access Program (EAP). AustralianSuper's chief technology officer Mike Backeberg said the move to introduce artificial intelligence ...

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... innovative investment solutions such as this. Meantime, Equity Trustees executive general managers, corporate and superannuation trustee services Andrew Godfrey said: "We are pleased to be appointed as the responsible entity role for the LOIM Plastic ...