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SMSF changes unlikely to mushroom new funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
Allowing more members in SMSFs is unlikely to spur their establishment rates, according to a submission by University of Sydney's Susan Thorp. Earlier this month, a bill to increase the maximum number of SMSF members from four to six was reintroduced ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... organisations in July this year. Wiseman is married to Marcia Moffat, the chief executive of BlackRock Asset Management Canada. A few months earlier, global head of human resources Jeff Smith, was removed for having an affair with a subordinate, Bloomberg ...

BetaShares' Nasdaq ETF surpasses $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... management hitting an all-time high of $70 billion in August. "The ETF industry has emerged from the market turmoil of the last few months in a strong position, as Australian investors increasingly turn to ETFs to express their investment views," Vynokur ...

Robeco extends exclusions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... global temperatures to well below 2C. This will require substantial reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades." The process of implementing the exclusions will be completed by the end of 2020.

MLC cuts fees, commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... efforts to improve our products-for the benefit of you and all our investors," MLC said. "As part of this, there will be a few updates to our MLC MasterKey Investment Service and MLC MasterKey Unit Trust products."

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
The government has announced a raft of reforms to reduce barriers to Australia's credit framework as a means to boost the economy. The reforms will remove the responsible lending obligations from the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 aiming ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A third superannuation fund in mere months has terminated its mandate with AMP Capital to manage to its ethical investment option. ESSSuper, the $30 billion government fund for the emergency services, terminated AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced ...

MLC Life restructures, appoints lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... be spearheading the changes to the business to ensure better service and sustainability. "The rate of change over the last few years has been intense and challenging for all industry participants who believe in the importance of life insurance. We refuse ...

817 super complaints during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has revealed the breakdown of what was complained about between 3 March 2020 and 31 August 2020. Superannuation complaints were dwarfed by other industries with just 817 of the 7420 total. Travel insurance ...

Robo advice solution set to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Nucleus Wealth and Arrow Financial Advice have partnered to launch a white label digital advice platform, set to feature actively managed portfolios and over 30 ESG filters. This will make it the most comprehensive robo advice service in the Australian ...