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Funds are assessing the implications of the new simple advice relief, including further training for call centre staff, on the back of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s decision to allow super funds to provide limited personal advice to members. Last month, ASIC released regulatory guidance allowing licensed super fund trustees to give personal advice to members about their existing investment in a fund on certain limited topics.

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AAS has migrated 15 clients to its new aaspire member administration platform, including the $14 billion REST in one of the largest data migrations in Australian superannuation history, but arrears reporting has proved a stumbling block, causing problems for many funds. The NSW Electrical Superannuation Scheme (NESS) was the first AAS client to transfer to the member administrator’s new system, an overhauled version of Atune.

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