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Top adviser queries revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Colonial First State's superannuation team has revealed the burning questions financial advisers are asking at the moment, with the team frequently fielding queries on early access to super and new social security measures. The queries included ...

Industry fund redeploys executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... administration, insurance, advice and education, product development, technology and contracts, business development and employer engagement. It marks the seventh change in role Buttigieg has seen in his almost 12 years at the fund, having originally ...

ERS at risk of significant delays: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... unable to meet living expenses, hold a skilled work visa and had working hours reduced to zero but remain engaged with the employer, or be unable to meet immediate living expenses on a temporary resident visa. ISA said around 30% of the 1100 people polled ...

Tail-risk hedging pays off for super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A $10 billion industry superannuation fund has managed to lock in gains from a tail-risk hedging strategy during recent market volatility amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Vision Super has had tail-risk protection in place for its defined benefit plan for ...

Pension pots around the world during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Governments around the world are springing into action to leverage and safeguard pension pots during the COVID-19 economic and market turmoil. Australia in March allowed workers to withdraw $10,000 for this financial year and the next from their superannuation ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... alleges that Berko took deliberate measures so his employee would not detect the bribery scheme, and even misled his employer's compliance team about the true role of the Ghana-based intermediary company. SEC Enforcement Division's FCPA Unit chief Charles ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... employed. The government estimates six million Australians could be eligible for the JobKeeper payment through their employer. "Yesterday afternoon 700,000 businesses had registered for this support and this number continues to grow," Prime Minister ...

Super fund temporarily cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... 50% of the fees paid back into their account until either December 31 2020 or they receive a super contribution from an employer, whichever is sooner. Venkatesan said the fund is well aware of the "far reaching consequences" the pandemic is having on ...

COVID-19 sparks renewed fight for commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... March 2020 to let them know grandfathered commissions would be turned off on managed investment funds and FirstChoice Employer Super. AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston told Financial Standard : "We find it bizarre that advisers and consumers must ...

MLC waives licensee fees, delays dealer group transitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... to recent memory or what we thought 2020 would bring. I know you're wearing many hats - business owner, adviser, employer, parent, carer and community member - with demands changing daily," Lloyd wrote. "I also know that it's our great shared ...