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Asset test rules hurting retirement savings: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
The SMSF Association is voicing its concerns over changes to the assets test rules for the Age Pension, that is discouraging retirement savings and has other "detrimental" behavioural effects one year on. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney ...

Industry funds reign supreme: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
Industry superannuation funds are set to continue their dominance of the sector, with not-for-profit funds already accounting for about two-thirds of Australia's total superannuation assets. Insights from Rainmaker Information show retail super funds ...

Marriage equality and the estate plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
Australian same-sex couples can legally marry from today and financial advisers are being reminded of the estate planning challenges this historic occasion may trigger for clients. While the ability to legally wed brings considerable benefits as a result ...

Former SMSF Association chief joins CEFC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A former Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association chief executive will join the Clean Energy Finance Corporation board on February 1. Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg and Minister for Finance Mathias Corman announced Andrea ...

AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers has confirmed it will launch its own investigation into why three of its members entered into enforceable undertakings with ASIC in as many days. While AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said he would not discuss the ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Financial Standard attended all the major industry conferences this year to keep you informed. Chief Economists Forum It may well be Rainmaker's 25th anniversary in 2017, but this year also marked the anniversary of several historic and global economic ...

PeakSuper eyes expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
A newly rebranded SMSF service provider is hoping to expand its market reach with the help of financial advisers. Adelaide-based PeakSuper, formerly Catapult Super, will look to build partnerships with advisers to assist their clients with the establishment ...

ASIC takes further action against MyPlanner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
Following on from ASIC's recent action against privately-owned MyPlanner, one of the dealer group's advisers has now agreed to refrain from providing financial services. The regulator has accepted an enforceable undertaking from James Fraser as a result ...

Former Challenger subsidiary chief joins SMSF fintech

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
The former chief executive of a Challenger subsidiary has taken on a new role at a Sydney-based fintech. Tracy Williams, who departed Accurium in July, will join cloud based SMSF documentation platform NowInfinity in the newly created role of chief ...

AMP flags departures in distribution restructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
AMP has restructured its sales team to align with its wealth management and insurance businesses. The move will create specialist roles which will better align the broker and adviser bank sales teams, an AMP spokesperson told Financial Standard. Of ...