Money Management | Vol. 35 No 12 | July 15, 2021

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MAGAZINE OF CHOICE FOR AUSTRALIA’S WEALTH INDUSTRY

www.moneymanagement.com.au

Vol. 35 No 12 | July 15, 2021

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LEGAL

Changes to RSE licensees

EDUCATION

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FASEA preparation

RATE THE RATERS

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TOOLBOX

Property in SMSFs

AustralianSuper queried on data handed to The New Daily BY JASSMYN GOH

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Zenith back on top AFTER last year’s indecisiveness, fund managers have voted for research teams’ stability and thorough processes this year, restoring Zenith to the top of the podium, according to the part one of Money Management’s 2021 Rate the Raters survey. The study, which examined fund managers’ sentiment toward the research houses which rate their products, found Zenith had won the managers’ trust in five out of seven categories including its research methodology, personnel quality, feedback and the most accurate selection of the peer group and sectors used for evaluation of funds. On top of this, Zenith had also managed to attract the highest number of fund managers of those participating in the study who had seen their products rated by this research house. Sydney-based SQM Research came second as the firm earned the highest ratings from managers across two categories. The respondents decided that SQM had provided the highest level of transparency for its process and its ratings were deemed to be the most satisfactory. This year’s study also identified the potential conflicts of interest which arose in the case of some raters who were, in fund managers’ eyes, gradually transitioning from research to asset management.

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AUSTRALIANSUPER has said it would hand over members’ emails and first names if an arrangement with The New Daily were to go ahead but that was subject to advice. During a Parliamentary hearing, AustralianSuper was asked by Liberal’s Julian Simmonds about what member information had been handed over to The New Daily. AustralianSuper chief executive, Ian Silk, said currently the industry superannuation fund had not provided any information but that it had communicated to a number of its members that the fund was proposing to do so and that this enabled members to advise the fund if they did not want that to occur. “Subsequent to that communication with members advising of that intention to provide material to The New Daily, APRA

[The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority] and OAIC [Office of the Australian Information Commissioner] have communicated with us and our current plan is to wait advice from OAIC before we execute,” he said. “The motivation from AustralianSuper is one to enhance financial literacy of AustralianSuper members and secondly to extract member engagement benefits from it. We have been speaking to The New Daily about means to extend benefits that current recipients of The New Daily receive to a broader cohort of the fund’s members.” Simmonds then asked: “Let’s say the arrangement continues, and you intend to continue with the arrange, what data would you be handing over?” “We would hand The New Daily Continued on page 3

FASEA exam takers should not rely on licensee policies BY CHRIS DASTOOR

FINANCIAL Adviser and Standards Ethics Authority (FASEA) exam takers need to understand their legal obligations in the Corporations Act, rather than what their licensee policies asked them to do. Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Amelia Constantinidis, FASEA standards director, said this had been an issue with key advice documentation and was an area of underperformance across all exams, not just the May exam. “You might all think you know exactly what you need to do in terms of advice documentation and you probably do, but it needs to be related to the scenario provided in the exam,” Constantinidis said. Continued on page 3

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