SUPERANNUATION

Policy & Regulation

CPA Australia has not only backed industry funds on urging the Government to use the Budget to allow early release superannuation top-ups but has also backed funding a th...

Superannuation

Ten superannuation funds experienced outflows in excess of a billion dollars as a result of the Government’s COVID-19 hardship superannuation early release regime, with i...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s view on the status of intra-fund advice suggests there are few implications likely to flow from this week’s High Co...

People & Products

Don Sillar has been appointed to the role to help empower superannuation members and advice clients to make informed decisions....

Superannuation

By largely dispensing with external investment advisers, big building and construction industry fund, Cbus has claimed a saving to members of around $135 million a year....

Policy & Regulation

While an appropriate superannuation guarantee is between 9.5% to 12% setting the levy is complex, the Actuaries Institute believes....

Superannuation

The global investment fintech firm has launched pControl Asset Allocation to help APAC institutional asset allocators....

Superannuation

Over 30% fewer superannuation fund members have been revealed as having life insurance and total and permanent disability cover as a result of the Government’s successive...

Financial planning

Advice fees are comparatively low on the superannuation fee ladder compared to those for administrators and fund managers....

Superannuation

Jane Hume has said the legislated superannuation guarantee rise had put the government in an “awkward” position as it was trying to lower costs to businesses. ...

Financial planning

The cost of delivering advice could be reduced for both advisers and superannuation funds if the Australian Securities and Investments Commission delivered a templated re...

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office needs the ability to allow superannuation members to access their transfer balance account data outside its portal to curb confusion with t...

Superannuation

The major banks may have exited wealth management but there are good reasons why some remain involved in the delivery of superannuation products....

Life/Risk

Superannuation funds negotiating new group insurance arrangements will have to prove and certify that they are in the best interests of members....

Financial planning

With COVID-19 mostly under control in Australia, retirees are again looking to realise their plans to downsize their principal homes, according to BT....

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 3 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months 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. ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 1 day ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

2 weeks 4 days ago