News

Appointments, Business News

Slattery joins AMP board

January 31, 2019

Malavika Santhebennur

AMP has appointed ex-SMSF Association CEO Andrea Slattery to its board.

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Education

Inquiries heighten need for SMSF specialisation

January 30, 2019

Malavika Santhebennur

Recent industry inquiries and reports have reinforced the importance of SMSF specialisation for advisers and place pressure on them to raise advice standards.

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Regulation

Advisers need to guide clients through change of govt

January 30, 2019

Darin Tyson-Chan

An SMSF strategist has suggested advisers will need to communicate effectively with their SMSF clients to help them deal with the changes to superannuation that will arise if the Labor Party forms government at this year’s election.

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Practice Management

Advisers embrace best interest duty

January 30, 2019

Malavika Santhebennur

Most advisers are in favour of the best interest duty, saying it was needed to lift industry standards.

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Appointments

Clime names new advice, SMSF administration head

January 30, 2019

Jason Spits

Clime Investment Management has recruited the former head of private wealth at two major banks to head its private wealth business.

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Administration, Superannuation

SMSF Association highlights value of Class data

January 29, 2019

Jason Spits

The SMSF Association has claimed cost comparison data produced by Class is an important corrective to numbers presented in the Productivity Commission’s final report.

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Administration, Regulation

Time ticking on six-member SMSF proposal

January 29, 2019

Malavika Santhebennur

Six-member SMSF strategies may need to be postponed given the government may be unable to legislate the proposal before the election.

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ASIC, Superannuation

SMSF product design obligations hard to police

January 29, 2019

Jason Spits

Adding product design and distribution obligations to the creation of SMSFs would be hard to monitor, according to an actuarial firm.

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Administration, Business News

SuperConcepts names interim CEO

January 29, 2019

Jason Spits

SuperConcepts has named an interim CEO while it seeks a permanent replacement for Natasha Fenech.

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Superannuation

PC report doesn’t match evidence presented

January 24, 2019

Jason Spits

Rice Warner has criticised the Productivity Commission’s final report into superannuation, claiming the organisation moved away from the evidence presented to it.

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