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Wages and super should be aligned: Cbus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Cbus is calling on the Federal Government to align the payment of workers' superannuation with the payment of wages. The industry super fund claims the quarterly payment cycle for the superannuation guarantee creates a significant risk of non-compliance ...

UniSuper redefines comfortable retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... optimal retirement outcomes. The industry fund, while remaining supportive of the plan to enshrine the objective of superannuation in legislation, has backed calls for the inclusion of an adequacy measure to help individuals understand how much they ...

Estate agents to become RG146 certified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... what they do," Gunning said. This includes loans, life insurance, retirement planning, general insurance, SMSFs, superannuation, managed property investments, securities and derivatives. As defined by ASIC, "factual advice" is "objectively ascertainable ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The countdown is on at fledgling start-up and technology-focused superannuation product-provider Spaceship, as chief executive Paul Bennetts attempts to convert his waitlist of 22,000 into a $1 billion fund. Touring around multiple start-up hubs this ...

SUPERCentral launches estate planning course

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... SUPERCentral produced a pre-30 June checklist for advisers and accountants in response to the 'Fair and Sustainable Superannuation' amendments. The checklist lists a number of issues which advisers should consider actioning for superannuation clients. ...

Proactive group releases life insurance guidance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Superannuation funds and group life insurers now have a best practice guide to improve the quality and availability of insurance data for use across the industry. A collection of life insurance and superannuation bodies have released the best practice ...

Past Morgan Stanley adviser hit with permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... individual circumstances and objectives of the clients. As a result of Panayiotides' actions, each of the clients' superannuation accounts were significantly exposed to short cash-covered ETO positions in opposition to the risk profiles they had declared. ...

Financial Executive Women appoints board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... and managing director Judith Beck said the membership is from all sectors including banking, wealth management, superannuation, and insurance. "Our corporate sponsors are some of Australia's most successful organisations who are all committed to making ...

New head of advice for industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund welcomed a new head of financial advice. Tim Poole, a former leader within the fund's planning team, has been promoted to the newly restructured financial advice division. Poole joined Australian ...

Super industry accepts group insurance needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
Several superannuation industry groups recognise there is work to be done to reduce the erosion of member account balances through group life insurance. This recognition comes from the newly-formed Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG), which ...