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Rest streamlines asset classes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
In a move to better align itself to the Your Future, Your Super benchmarks, the $62 billion industry superannuation fund is changing the way it categorises its investment options, shifting from 11 asset classes to seven 'mega asset classes'. ...

CFS drops admin fees on FirstChoice Employer Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Colonial First State yesterday said it will drop the administration fees on its FirstChoice Employer Super products from, ahead of the Your Future, Your Super test results today. Effective October, CFS will charge FirstChoice Employer customers 30bps ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
The federal government has announced the ASIC levy paid by financial advisers will revert back to 2018/19 levels for the next two years, saving the sector at least $46 million. The levy will be restored to $1142 per adviser, as was charged in 2018/19 ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
With much hysteria around greenwashing as ESG becomes increasingly important to investors, S&P has issued a new report theorising concern about greenwashing is often misplaced. In the report, S&P noted that greenwashing or sustainability-washing concerns ...

Magellan to move to higher tax rate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
Magellan Financial Group will start paying taxes at the full 30% rate from FY24, as the government abolishes laws that allowed it to pay only 10% tax on offshore earnings. MFG paid tax at 21.4% in the year ending June, lower than the 30% tax rate that ...

Frontier hires former Perpetual head of infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
The asset consultant has hired a former Perpetual and UniSuper head of infrastructure as a principal consultant, investment governance in a six-month contract. Brett Lazarides was NAB Asset Management's head of alternative investments, Perpetual's ...

Class makes acquisition, profit down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
In its full-year results, Class announced its acquisition of legal documentation software provider, Topdocs but also recorded a significant drop in its net profit. Class is set to pay $13 million for the complete acquisition of the Topdocs platform ...

Perpetual ups acquisition liability

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
Perpetual will need to fork out more cash for its Barrow Hanley acquisition as it revalues the remuneration paid to staff. The firm originally estimated that the amount of incentive compensation accrued to be $2.1 million. This has jumped to $10.2 million. ...

Multiple accounts already in sharp decline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Ahead of the stapling reforms being implemented, a new research paper from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows multiple super accounts are already in sharp decline The paper outlines the fact that ATO data suggests there ...

Profit boost for CBA, ups remediation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Despite reporting a $1.4 billion profit boost, Commonwealth Bank's legacy financial advice business and legal troubles continue to eat away at the bottom line. In releasing its FY21 results this morning, CBA's provisional remediation bill owed ...