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Government cuts SMSF red tape

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
The move by the Turnbull Government to release a discussion paper to change the annual audit cycle for some self-managed superannuation funds to three years has been welcomed by the SMSF Association. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly ...

Raiz close to super product launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
Micro-investing platform Raiz has completed the beta testing phase of its superannuation product, which boasts charging some of the lowest fees in the market for balances of $50,000. After announcing plans for its super product in March, Raiz Invest ...

Managed Accounts Forum survey open

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... Best Practice Forum on Managed Accounts will be held on Tuesday, 11 September 2018, at Crown Promenade in Melbourne. To register, please click here.

Dover advisers turn orphans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... will be without a licensee when the disgraced AFSL shutters today. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register demonstrates Dover shed 95 authorised representatives between 1 June and 1 July; 86 of which have been processed by ASIC has ...

HSBC quietly exits financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... through third parties. "There is no risk to existing policies or investments," it said. According to ASIC's AFSL register, HSBC had 18 active financial advisers in December 2017. There were only five at the end of April 2018. HSBC joins three of ...

Global regulation hub launched for asset managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... Zeidler Legal Services has launched the Global Knowledge Hub; an online subscription service for asset managers looking to register and market funds across borders. The hub compiles both frequently and not-so-frequently asked questions by clients and ...

Bank customer trust plummets: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
The level of bank customer trust and satisfaction is worsening thanks to the banking and financial services Royal Commission, according to new surveys. Prior to the Royal Commission, bank customer satisfaction reached 82.3% in January 2018 but plunged ...

Praemium moves Smartfunds into UAE

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Praemium is taking five Smartfund products to the United Arab Emirates, leveraging a local bank's distribution network as it expands its footprint in the Gulf region. The ASX-listed SMA provider has gained regulatory approval from the Securities ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
A former Australian rugby union centre is joining a UK-based equities manager as its managing director for Australia. The firm is also launching an Aussie-based global equities unit trust seeded with $130 million from an industry superannuation fund. ...

Record number of Australians seek CFA qualification

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
More than 10,000 Australian candidates have signed up to sit the CFA exams this financial year - a jump of 36% over the previous 12 months. Last year, 7606 candidates registered for the exams held at three test centres in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. ...