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AFA Rising Star finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers and ANZ Wealth have announced the finalists for its 2015 Rising Star award. Peel Wealth Financial Planning's Katherine Cairns, Mr Insurance's Declan Doolan, Harvest Wealth's Kylie George, AP Financial Solutions' ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Average working Australians would have thousands of dollars more in their retirement savings if bigger superannuation funds faced stronger competitive tensions, the Financial Services Council has said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to ...

Elliott new CEO at ANZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
ANZ will ring in the New Year with Shayne Elliott as its chief executive after the bank announced Mike Smith is stepping down in December. Elliott has been ANZ's chief financial officer for more than three years and is considered to be the right person ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Australia's complex superannuation system disproportionately benefits higher-income earners and "undermines the progressivity of the income tax system." The IMF's latest economic assessment of Australia says ...

Succession planning is not a waiting game

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Advice practice owners should not base their succession strategy on potential economic tailwinds or favourable regulatory outcomes, according to Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan. In a statement, Tynan noted the increasing ...

La Trobe makes swathe of new hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has appointed 25 new staff and expanded to a second floor at its Collins Street headquarters in Melbourne. Fourteen of the 25 new hires, are experienced senior credit analysts and their appointments grow the company's ...

Prime Super launches new brand

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Prime Super has re-launched its brand with a new logo and tagline. The move follows a merger with the Health Industry Plan in 2014. The $3 billion industry super fund's new tagline is "surprisingly straightforward" and the old logo featuring green rolling ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Super fund chairs have expressed caution over the administration transition occurring at Link Group, saying there is a large responsibility to deliver the right technology outcomes for both long-standing and new clients. Speaking at an Australian Institute ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Aren't you glad I didn't lift? This must be what's in Janet's head as she scours the global economic and financial market landscape and saw that it wasn't good. Yes folks, financial markets were doing backflips again overnight on concerns over dropping ...

Super fees almost halved in five years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Super fund fees have fallen 40% in the last five years owing to regulatory shifts and technological innovation, but the fall has not unduly impacted providers' bottom lines, according to the latest comprehensive survey of the sector by Rainmaker. The ...