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Powerwrap inks strategic partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
Powerwrap is now the global administration partner of a New York based alternative investments platform provider. The Australian platform provider has inked a deal to be administration partner of Qualis Capital. The firm is new on the scene, and plans ...

FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Both the government and the opposition have been happy to blame one another for the Parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension bill this week. Was the parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension a cheap political stunt by the opposition ...

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Challenger has launched a new tool to help retirees and pre-retirees better understand the financial realities of retirement. The annuity provider has today launched Retire with Confidence, a tool designed to help retirees understand how long their ...

Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Superannuation funds are set to permanently avoid negative tax outcomes upon merging, after an amendment bill sailed through parliament yesterday. While the FASEA extension stalled yesterday, the parliament successfully shepherded the government's Treasury ...

ESG investing to remain strong through pandemic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Despite COVID-19 shaking the world to its core, the themes underpinning ESG investing are not about to change, according to a global asset manager. Having destroyed the best laid plans of investors the world over, investment managers are asking how ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Financial advisers looking to sell their business in the midst of COVID-19 would be wise not to accept discounted offers, with experts saying the pandemic has barely touched the market. Speaking with Financial Standard, Radar Results founder John Birt ...

Super must come together over cybercrime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
The oversight body of the Superannuation Transaction Network is calling on super funds to work together to thwart the threat of cybercrime. Addressing the Association of Super Funds of Australia, GNGB executive officer Michelle Bower has urged the super ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Labor has slammed the Association of Financial Advisers for spouting untruths over the path of the FASEA extension bill through the Senate. Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones told Financial ...

Industry funds revise ERS modelling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Industry Super Australia has been forced to revise the modelling underpinning their calculations of the impact of the government's Early Release Scheme on retirement balances. An ASIC missive caused the peak body for industry superannuation to reconsider ...

ASIC bans RC case study adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
A former Millennium3 adviser whose advice was cited as a case study during the Royal Commission is set to appeal a 10-year ban handed down by ASIC. ASIC has banned Adelaide-based adviser Christopher Norman Harris from providing financial services for ...