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Super disruptors throw in the towel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... benchmark of 1.06% p.a. Their high fees were a symptom of their lack of scale." Those still left standing - Future Super, Virgin Money, Spaceship, Crescent Wealth and Verve Super - account for 82% of the cohort's FUM, with Future Super currently growing ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... unqualified staff," he said. "... It will take years for the courts to clarify new legal definitions and lots of people will lose money in the meantime." Both Super Consumers Australia and CHOICE agreed that action must be taken to improve the regulation ...

Private equity still hot: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... are in an accumulation phase where they haven't yet reached maturity, and a lot of their members are needing to take money out through retirement. "That's a real driving force from a super fund perspective - the ability to match the time horizon ...

Financial markets brace for gloomy first half

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... delivered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have run parallel to the deflating of a decade of booming stock markets and cheap money. But from a wider perspective, it is in line with economic logic: as companies reach the bottom of the business cycle, they ...

Advisers put on notice: HLB Mann Judd

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... loan from an unrelated party. "If taxpayers are saying it's a loan, then the ATO will speak with the person providing the money as a loan. There are provisions in Australian law which can be applied unexpectedly that can treat a loan from overseas as ...

All financial advice should be tax deductible: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... "Therefore, the efficiency of the operation of the scheme must be closely scrutinised to ensure it represents value for money and is fair for contributors and effective for consumers," it concluded.

Cold calling advice firms called out

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... cold called by an intermediary generating business for a financial planner, told their fund was "high risk" and all their money would go to the government if they died, emailed documents including a completed application for a retail fund and an invoice ...

ISA renews calls for super to be paid with wages

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... revenue, lifts investment returns and puts all employers on a level playing field. "Out on the street people know that super is money that you save for your retirement, and it is this simple notion that should be reflected in any laws designed to protect ...

Superannuation objective: Australians want retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... income in retirement, would benefit Australians. They also expressed the desire for more control over where and how their money is invested. Participants also preferred the objective of superannuation wording to be specific to achieving a certain standard ...

Bloom raises $500k in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... impact assets to a broader market," Socquet-Clerc said. "Essentially Octopus and Kilter focus on wholesale and institutional money, and Bloom is here to bridge the gap between the retail market and these assets. "When we say improving operations, we ...