SUPER FUNDS

Superannuation

In line with the fund’s digital transformation project, Aware Super’s new portal enables independent financial advisers to more efficiently manage clients’ investment opt...

Financial planning

MLC Life Insurance believes life insurers should be able to provide advice under the Quality of Advice Review in the same way as superannuation funds....

Financial planning

Michelle Levy, reviewer of the Quality of Advice Review, believes super funds already have too much on their plate to provide retirement income advice to members and feel...

Superannuation

Comprising both small and mega super funds, these 10 growth funds have managed to deliver returns over 7.5 per cent per annum consistently for the last decade, according ...

Superannuation

With mergers and consolidation activity at a record high for Australia’s superannuation industry, Money Management rounds up the merger talk so far in the first half of 2...

Financial planning

Students of financial planning degrees could be sourced to provide financial advice to super fund members, according to the Financial Advice Association of Australia....

Financial planning

Money Management has collated the cut-off dates for major superannuation funds if advisers want their clients to make top-up contributions in this financial year, many of...

Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has said the government will review the remaining eight recommendations in the Quality of Advice Review by the end of the ...

Superannuation

New analysis has found the 15 largest funds are collectively investing at least $25 billion into opening new coal, oil, and gas projects despite commitments to tackling c...

Superannuation

Superannuation trustees should be permitted to provide personal advice to members, according to recommendations handed down under the final report of the Quality of Advic...

image
Financial planning

Over a third of Australians say they have minimal confidence in their retirement preparations and 64% say they would like to receive advice from their superannuation fund...

image
Financial planning

Advisers concerned about possible growth in superannuation funds providing financial advice after the Quality of Advice Review could wait longer than expected, according ...

image
Superannuation

Analysis from SuperRatings predicts that approximately 20% of superannuation options will fail this year’s performance test due in August....

image
Superannuation

The prudential regulator has confirmed it is expecting to see the rapid pace of consolidation among superannuation funds to continue for the next two years....

image
Superannuation

Superannuation funds have been told they will not face regulatory action if they seek to divest Russian assets, although the closure of the Russian stock market is making...

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

3 days 10 hours ago

ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

1 week 2 days ago