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ASIC bans adviser, cancels AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator has banned a Gold Coast-based adviser for five years and cancelled the group's AFS licence over misconduct. Adam Bevan was an authorised representative and sole director of Trade Wind Financial Services. ASIC banned Bevan after ...

Retirement Income Covenant paper released

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The government has released a position paper on the Retirement Income Covenant and is inviting submissions until August 6. Subject to the legislation passing, the government plans to have the covenant come into effect in July 2022. The new paper, released ...

Christian Super reduces fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The $2 billion superannuation fund has once again dropped its fees as part of a broader strategy to provide better outcomes for its members. On July 1, Christian Super's 30,000 members saw a fee cut of between five to 10 basis points for all diversified ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Delta variant that's doing the rounds in Greater Sydney crossed the Victorian border last week - prompting a five-day lockdown in the state at about the same time that NSW imposed tighter restrictions. Previous to this and conducted "through ...

AMP Capital fund reduces fees, secures major loan

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
AMP Capital's Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF) is shaking up its management fee structure and has announced that it secured a major loan for one of its key assets. The $1.4 billion fund told shareholders that from August 1, management fees ...

Former Hillross adviser pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Wael Kourieh, who was an authorised representative of Hillross between 2010 and 2016, has plead guilty to false document charges following an ASIC investigation. Kourieh pleaded guilty to one count of making false documents and one count of using false ...

Be ready for negative rates: APRA to ADIs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia being confident it's unlikely interest rates will enter negative territory, APRA is consulting on ADI's preparedness for such an event. Saying the regulator's standpoint does not preclude the possibility of zero ...

Vanguard lowers platform fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Vanguard has made changes to the fees on its Personal Investor platform and introduced a brokerage fee for all listed investments. From August 18 the investment manager will remove the account fee for Vanguard ETFs, managed funds as well as the cash ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
At its July 6 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 0.1% and retained the April 2024 bond as "the bond for the yield target" - against speculation that it would roll this over to the November 2024 bond. At the ...

Morningstar launches fee comparison tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
Morningstar is launching a new tool that provides increased transparency and disclosure on fees across its investments and superannuation products, well above what RG97 requires. The Morningstar Total Cost Ratio (TCR), which will be rolled out on August  ...