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Murray named new AMP chair

AMP has announced David Murray will join its board and lead the redevelopment of governance processes following the banking royal commission’s findings of advice misconduct by the financial services giant.

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ETFs

BlackRock to restructure cross-listed ETFs

BlackRock is proposing to restructure its cross-listed iShares exchange-traded funds (ETF) as Australian funds to reduce administration for SMSF trustees and advisers.

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Business News

ANZ commits to improving financial advice

ANZ has today announced it will begin implementing a range of initiatives to help improve the quality of financial planning and customer remediation when things go wrong.

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Business News

DomaCom crowdfunds mortgage-backed loan

DomaCom Australia today announced the successful completion of a crowdfunding campaign to fund a mortgage-backed loan as the fractional property investment company looks to increase it funds under management (FUM) with these new debt facilities, particularly in the SMSF space.

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Compliance

Losses don’t dictate best interest duty

Advisers need to be mindful that adherence to the best interest duty introduced under the Future of Financial Advice reforms is not solely determined by the financial outcomes of their clients, a compliance specialist has said.

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Compliance

SuperConcepts establishes new learning facility

Specialist SMSF service provider SuperConcepts has unveiled a new online learning tool consisting of 30 modules to help practitioners keep up to date with the latest legislative changes to the sector and comply with their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements.

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Regulation

New retirement alliance to fight for fairness

Hands and jigsaw pieces coming together

Several industry associations have come together to form the Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System as a direct response to Labor’s proposal to disallow refunds of excess franking credits for a range of retirees and shareholders.

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Regulation

Unlicensed SMSF accountants get clean bill of health

A green texta ticking a box

The corporate regulator’s recently completed assessment investigating unlicensed accountants recommending clients set up an SMSF has found no systemic concerns around the provision of unlicensed SMSF advice.

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Accounting

TBAR raises fee structure issues

Advisers and accountants will need to think about how they intend on charging clients when servicing them for the new transfer balance account reporting (TBAR) requirements, according to an SMSF expert.

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Commercial Property

Two new fixed income funds from Thinktank

Commercial property lending specialist Thinktank has launched two fixed income trusts specifically targeting SMSF investors seeking income-yielding investments in the current low interest rate environment.

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