2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (489+ words) Home > Funds Management > EQT admits to governance ‘deviation’ on First Guardian Managing Editor and Publisher Equity Trustees has admitted to a Parliamentary committee that a “deviation from the firm’s investment governance approach” led to Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited (ETSL) onboarding…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (584+ words) Home > Superannuation > Chalmers flags changing, extending super performance test Managing Editor and Publisher The Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers has signalled the Government’s support for key changes to the superannuation performance test including a new asset class with a benchmark set…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (319+ words) Home > Financial Planning > Charging asset-based advice fees in decline Managing Editor and Publisher A new advice fee benchmarking report has found that 49% of advice firms are charging fixed fees while 38% charge a combination of fixed and per centage-based fees. The…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (317+ words) Home > Superannuation > Retirees set to spend $121b from super this year The growing pool of retirement savings is set to flow into the economy, with Australian retirees forecast to spend $121 billion from their superannuation balances this year, supporting almost half a…...

5+ day, 44+ min ago   (249+ words) Home > Superannuation > ASIC hits super funds with infringement notices, penalties Managing Editor and Publisher The regulator said the false and misleading representations were about superannuation investment options during a review of disclosures on superannuation trustee web sites. It said the…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (540+ words) Home > Superannuation > Industry super’s thumbs down to One Nation Managing Editor and Publisher The One Nation policy proposal to allow people who rent or hold a mortgage a quarter of their compulsory super contributions for up to three years has…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (472+ words) Home > Superannuation > Industry funds dominate on global pension rankings Managing Editor and Publisher Industry superannuation funds dominate Australia’s presence within the Top 300 Pensions and Investments fund research undertaken by the Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Thinking Ahead Institute. The latest Top…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (604+ words) Home > Funds Management > Bipartisan lack of sympathy for Diversa on First Guardian Managing Editor and Publisher The degree to which the Shield and First Guardian settlements paid by Macquarie Investment Management and Netwealth has coloured the outlook for Equity Trustees…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (606+ words) Home > Superannuation > Homesafe voices concern over using super to clear mortgage debt Homesafe Solutions has voiced its concern related to findings that have emerged out of a new Vanguard report on retirement, particularly that 40 per cent of respondents would consider…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (378+ words) Home > Superannuation > APRA response cites secrecy on platform super questions Managing Editor and Publisher In a delayed answer to questioning from NSW Labor Senator, Deborah O’Neill during Senate Estimates, APRA cited the secrecy provisions under section 56 of the APRA Act…...