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SMSFs investing restrictions unfair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... loopholes for SMSFs. From 1 July 2017, an LBRA outstanding balance will be included in a member's total annual superannuation balance. LRBA principle and interest repayments from a member's accumulation account will also be credited in the member's transfer ...

QIC wins $550m super fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
QIC's global private capital division won a $550 million mandate from one of Australia's largest superannuation funds. The recently-rebranded Rest, with about $50 billion in funds under management, awarded the mandate to QIC to manage a private equity ...

Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... privately-owned dealer group, Dover. However, there are commentators suggesting the advice provided by industry superannuation funds is being overlooked. Adding fuel to these calls was a February hearing of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations ...

Financial services data breaches recorded

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... Statistics report outlined the top five industry sectors that reported breaches in the quarter. Finance (including superannuation) sits at third on the list, behind health service providers and legal, accounting and management services. The report also ...

Industry fund adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund appointed a new board director. Vision Super welcomed Australian Services Union executive president Lisa Darmanian in March, bringing the number of women on its board to four. "Lisa brings valuable experience ...

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... in financial advice. Seventy per cent of SMSF investors said they were concerned by ongoing regulatory reform to superannuation, while 47% said they planned to seek financial advice on how to best navigate the changes, AMP Capital said. "In a period ...

Open banking data to become super fund value add: QMV

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
As Australia inches towards a rollout of open banking services, a QMV principal consultant said superannuation funds should move to integrate open banking data to improve their services even before open data frameworks officially hit the super industry. ...

Optimo adds SMSF modelling to platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... an online modelling platform, allows financial advisers to create projections for up to 20 years that cover tax, superannuation and the Age Pension. Optimo Financial chief executive Hugh Bannister said for too long advisers have relied on cumbersome ...

SG non-compliance declining: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
Most employers and super funds are complying with superannuation guarantee (SG) obligations, but latest ATO data shows there are still some breaching SuperStream standards. Over 2016-17, SuperStream processed 135 million contributions - about five million ...

Suncorp appoints director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... the local business. Falzon started her career at National Mutual Funds Management in 1983 where she held various superannuation and funds management roles. In 1995, she moved up to senior manager, client services. She held this role until 1997, when ...