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Pensions

Pension underpayments a risk for members

SMSF members must meet their mandatory minimum pension amounts in order to claim their tax exemptions for the financial year, an SMSF expert says.

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ASIC, Financial Planning

ANZ completes work over fees for no advice

ANZ has complied with an enforceable undertaking aimed at remediating advice customers caught up in fees-for-no-service conduct.

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Superannuation

APRA imposes new conditions on AMP Super

APRA has imposed new licence conditions on AMP Super to address a range of issues identified by the prudential regulator during and after the financial services royal commission.

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Education, FASEA

FASEA approves bridging and diploma courses

FASEA; Graduate Diploma; bridging course

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has approved a number of graduate diploma and bridging courses, opening the way for advisers to meet their training obligations by the start of 2024.

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Superannuation

Election result should prompt new SMSF push

SMSF practitioners should use the result of the recent federal election to re-engage with consumers and push the case for SMSFs over retail and industry funds, according to an SMSF expert.

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Financial Planning

CBA to offload Count Financial

CBA will sell off Count Financial to former subsidiary CountPlus for less than 1 per cent of what it paid for the business in 2011.

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ETFs, Investments

Praemium to offer SSGA ETFs

State Street Global Advisors has entered into a partnership with managed accounts platform Praemium to offer a suite of ETF model portfolios.

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ASIC, Financial Planning, Property

ASIC begins first conflicted remuneration case

SMSF; advice; conflicted remuneration

A Queensland SMSF advice business and its Perth-based licensee will face court in the first legal case dealing with conflicted remuneration related to financial advice.

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Education, FASEA, Financial Planning

Industry body criticises FASEA exam guidance

Guidance material provided by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) for its new financial adviser exam has attracted criticism from the advice sector for being too vague and irrelevant.

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Insurance, Superannuation

Super sector launches life insurance education campaign

Two superannuation bodies have launched a joint campaign to raise awareness of the upcoming Protecting Your Super changes and their impact on life insurance cover through super.

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