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Technology

SuperConcepts updates Classic software

SuperConcepts software update

SMSF administration provider SuperConcepts has announced its last major SuperMate update for 2021.

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FASEA

FASEA exam pass rate drops to new low

FASEA exam pass rate

The pass rate for the last FASEA exam open to all advisers has fallen again, with just over half passing the November exam.

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ETFs

Fidelity launches demographics-based ETF

Fidelity demographics ETF

Fidelity has created an ETF version of a global demographic fund in response to demand for actively managed listed funds.

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Investments

PIMCO introduces its first listed investment trust

PIMCO income LIT

The demand for income-generating investments has resulted in PIMCO planning for the releasing of a new listed investment trust in 2022.

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ATO

Rollover management now needed

SuperStream SMSFs rollovers

The requirement for SMSFs to use the SuperStream system to process member rollovers has made prudent fund management more critical.

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Financial Planning

Consider capacity across a spectrum

client capacity

Advisers should not presume the incapacity of a client to act in one area will restrict them from acting in another.

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Financial Planning, Regulation

Labor stance on degrees welcomed

Labor advisers degree

The federal opposition’s promise that it will not require experienced advisers to hold a degree has been welcomed by the SAFAA.

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Appointments

FPA names new chief executive

FPA chief executive appointed

The FPA has named the former head of a boutique advice group as its new chief executive succeeding Dante De Gori from January next year.

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Business News, Commercial Property

Thinktank closes largest securitisation issue

Thinktank commercial securitisation

The largest commercial mortgage-backed securitisation issue recorded in Australia, worth $750 million, has been closed off by specialist property finance provider Thinktank.

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Superannuation

DIN storage, access a concern

DIN SMSF security

The lack of detail regarding the security protocols that will be applied to director identification numbers is causing some angst in the SMSF sector.

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