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Fiducian acquires $1.1bn advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
Fiducian was the successful bidder for the $1.1 billion financial advice subsidiary of a national bank. People's Choice Credit Union (PCCU) has sold its financial advice business to the ASX-listed group, in a move that continues Fiducian's ambitious ...

AMG Super launches platform, product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... administrative burden. AMG chief executive Alan Hegerty said the new platform has "a unique non-custodial investment model with a choice of broker within a platform environment". "Our product enables advisers to deliver a truly individualised portfolio ...

APRA to weed out underperforming choice products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
Choice products charge significantly higher and tend to underperform compared to MySuper options, new analysis by APRA finds. Ahead of unveiling the inaugural Choice Product Heatmap, the prudential regulator released staggering statistics that will ...

AMP adds options to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... the North platform delivers on our strategy and ongoing commitment to providing advisers and clients with more investment choice," AMP director of platforms Edwina Maloney said. "The portfolios will be competitively priced and delivered with a range ...

$450 super threshold to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... from July 2022. "In addition, the legislation reduces costs and simplifies reporting for superannuation funds by providing choice for superannuation fund trustees for the 2021-22 income year onwards. Trustees will now be able to use their preferred method ...

BT identifies Panorama outage cause

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... heightened monitoring in place and a review is underway to help ensure it never happens again. We want to be a partner of choice and we thank our advisers and their clients for their ongoing loyalty." BT did not clarify how long it took to identify the ...

End of the road for Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and subsequent decisions by some state and territory governments to take that choice away from individual schools and parents," CBA group executive of retail banking services Angus Sullivan said. "For 90 years ...

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... and investment decisions by code or smart contracts. "It is a very forward-looking inclusion in giving customers greater choice and will be hugely advantageous for reasserting Australia's position as a centre of innovation. We commend Senator Bragg's ...

ASIC eyes employee super fund choice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
ASIC issued a stern warning to employers and their superannuation fund provider about influencing employees' choice of super funds. The regulator will conduct a review this financial year on how trustees abide by its requirements and may consider ...

FSC to ban occupational exclusions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... for all default cover for life insurance, total and permanent disability and income protection insurance in MySuper and choice products. It comes as consultation on a review of occupational exclusions is due to wrap up this week, with the government ...