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Betashares to launch low-cost ETF range

Betashares low-cost ETF range

Betashares’ new suite of low-cost diversified ETFs is expected to start trading on the ASX before the end of the year.

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Pensions, Retirement, Superannuation

Review queries retirement system understanding

retirement system purpose

The Retirement Income Review has raised the issue of whether consumers understand the end purpose of the retirement system and if more needs to be done to make it clearer.

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Accounting, Financial Planning

Trustees disregarding licensed advice

licensed SMSF advice

Anywhere between 33 per cent and 50 per cent of SMSF transactions are being executed without the aid of licensed advice, a new survey has shown.

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ASIC

Adviser banned for best interests failure

ASIC SMSF adviser

ASIC has banned a financial adviser for six years for failing to prioritise his SMSF clients’ interests.

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Superannuation

Thought leadership line up confirmed

SMSF Association conference

The thought leadership panel that will commence the SMSF Association 2020 National Conference has been announced.

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Business News

AFCA adds general counsel to senior staffers

AFCA general counsel

The newly created position of general counsel with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority has now been filled.

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Retirement, Superannuation

Compulsory superannuation necessity questioned

Compulsory superannuation

The review of the retirement income system should assess whether compulsory superannuation is still necessary, an industry consultant says.

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Property

DomaCom seeks broader equity release use

DomaCom seeks broader equity release use

Fractional property manager DomaCom is lobbying Treasury about allowing its equity release product to be used for a wider variety of strategies.

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Investments, Superannuation

SMSFs look beyond mainstream allocations

SMSF international alternative

The low interest rate environment is driving SMSF investors into offshore and alternative assets in greater numbers compared to their retail superannuation peers.

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Compliance

How quickly do death benefits need to be paid?

SMSF death benefits

Prescribed time frames are often applied to situations regarding financial matters. Meg Heffron examines what the dictated timelines mean for SMSF death benefits.

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