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First Super halts private equity investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... modern award," he added. "Businesses based on unsustainable labour costs or challengeable industrial arrangements pose a high risk of a permanent adverse movement in labour costs, potentially impacting on returns. Furthermore, where employees are denied ...

Coles sheds life insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... double as much as the average group insurance available via superannuation, when contrasted against the 2015 super fund High Risk group insurance benchmarks. The price increased three-fold for low risk members and four-fold for non-Fly Buys members. ...

Bonds aiding not-for-profit investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... large amounts of cash needed to fund ongoing commitments but are not making the most of it, and in some cases, adopting high risk strategies to help generate better returns," Simpson said. NFPs traditionally invest via predictable term deposits to manage ...

ASIC bans Sydney adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... to attract a higher rate of interest. The regulator found that the products were actually unsecured and represented a high risk investment, and that - partly as a result of Keegan's actions - client funds were used improperly, even to pay Protect Ensure's ...

Super is "next on the menu" for disruption: new ASFA CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
The superannuation industry is at high risk of being disrupted by the fintech sector, new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy has warned. Speaking at the 2016 ASFA Conference, Fahy noted the "challenges" inherent ...

Advisers must understand psychological differences

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... investment risk tolerance across all ages is notably below men. The research showed that the percentage of women with a high risk allocation was only 30%, a figure 7.5% lower than their male counterparts. The difference in high risk allocation among ...

ASIC accepts EU from Perth advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... financial services industry. We expect licensees to dedicate sufficient resources to appropriately monitor and supervise high risk and newly appointed authorised representatives and to remedy poor advice in a timely manner."

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... savings when they get to 65. What we would prefer to see is cash, using a long-term risk measure, to be identified as a high risk option where it's almost no chance of outperforming inflation by 4%," Boal says. Read the rest of this article in the print ...

Thomson Reuters partners with platform provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... managing director, Pacific. World-Check is Thomson Reuters' global data feed on PEP's and individuals and organisations of high risk. World-Check assists subscribers in ensuring they are fully compliant with legislation and regulation aimed at preventing ...

Australia, a tough nut to crack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... of tax, they added. As a result, Cerulli said some foreign investment managers believe doing business in Australia is high risk, not because of capital market issues, but because of commercial realities regarding how Australia's wealth management market ...