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MySuper transition costing retail members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... slow transition as "most likely a deliberate strategy by retail wealth managers." The higher fees incurred are substantial enough to call into question the motivations of retail funds, ISA chief executive David Whiteley said. "There is a major question ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... Global oil inventories are far too high - in the view of some producers - and they aren't being worked off nearly fast enough. To speed up the process, OPEC agreed on 28 September to cut production." This was the first reduction in production since 2008. ...

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... Gordon's insurance and superannuation division, Andrew Weinmann, said the code is an improvement but still doesn't go far enough and is disappointing "on the whole." "The Code has many loopholes, exceptions and carve-outs and does not place enough clear ...

Top tips to kill your advice business

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... your advice model was, he argued, a sure-fire way to destroy your practice. He added that CPD points alone are not "good enough" to create a skilled adviser: "If you didn't want to kill your business, you would perhaps think about making yourself a learning ...

Current super objective "un-Australian"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... be able to afford to provide a basic pension to ensure a comfortable and dignified retirement for Australians. It isn't enough now for most people and it's likely to be even less so in the years ahead, but Australians should aspire to more. "By setting ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... 1.4% and the Nasdaq up 1.0% to an all-time high - on the day the Fed refrained from lifting the fed funds rate. And sure enough, where Wall Street goes... Equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town all closed in the black by the end of the ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... 62% of asset owners believe blockchain will achieve the scale needed for adoption; however 43% admitted to not knowing enough about it, with 50% of asset managers agreeing that they also needed more education. "A majority of institutional investors are ...

Life insurance code needs clarity: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... Standard, head of policy and government relations at the FPA Ben Marshan said the current draft of the code does not provide enough clarity as to what it is trying to achieve and how financial advisers fit in with it. "It is still unclear whether or ...

Life Insurer Code of Practice falls short: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... code to setting out best practice standards for insurers in relation to underwriting and claims management does not go far enough in addressing the cultural issues and sales practices that work against consumer interests," said AFA chief executive Brad ...

Advisers welcome super changes but need stability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... of that. "Often those clients will be the less wealthy clients, wealthier clients are highly likely to be paying a high enough ongoing fee for advice and service and it can be part of the existing arrangement." Addario highlighted the huge opportunity ...