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Super protection policy needs improvement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Advocacy group Women in Super is calling on the Federal Government to re-examine its policy to end life insurance for Australians with low superannuation balances or accounts with little activity, suggesting it could be detrimental to women with dependents. ...

Estate planning lawyer fined for misconduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... Roll and he pay the Law Society's costs as agreed or as assessed and be reprimanded. However, it later withdrew the request to strike Dubler's name off the Roll, conceding that Dubler never denied the conduct allegations made against him and ...

Peak bodies join forces over due diligence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and the Financial Services Council have joined forces, releasing guidance tools designed to help fund managers prepare operational due diligence reports for the superannuation industry. The FSC has ...

Kelly+Partners to build Melbourne presence

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
Kelly+Partners will open a Melbourne office in July and has appointed two people to lead its private wealth and accounting businesses there. The Melbourne office will be located at 333 Collins Street. The chartered accounting division will be led by ...

Budget measures to drive up super costs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
The removal of exit fees and caps on passive fees charged by superannuation funds announced in this year's Budget may have unintended consequences. As per Treasurer Scott Morrison's speech, the Government will introduce a 3% annual cap on passive fees ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... respective iShares stock. The five ETFs will be officially delisted on June 22. The second option investors have is to request BlackRock, by August 28, convert CHESS Depository Interests (CDIs) into shares into the corresponding US iShares ETF. BlackRock ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... recommendations to the Federal Government. All but one of these recommendations are the same as last year. The only new request is a 'pension advice allowance' akin to the one legislated by the UK government in April 2017. The FPA wants the Government ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... professional partners to remind them of their agreement to advise the FPA of misconduct they are aware of by our members and to request notification of members who should have been reported. "Now is a pivotal time for all of us to review the work we ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... afternoon, Dover was revealed as the only large scale financial advice licensee to have declined the Royal Commission's request for assistance in identifying instances of misconduct. Dover owner Terry McMaster said the dealer group thought that the letter ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The managed account provider brought into the Royal Commission spotlight by Henderson Maxwell chief executive Sam Henderson has distanced itself from the situation. A line of questioning during Henderson's appearance at the Commission on Tuesday saw ...