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Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
The Australian National University has altered its commitment to socially responsible investing after changing the manner in which its domestic equities investments are managed. While the university committed to divesting from several resource and mining ...

Research exposes adviser pricing models

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
Financial advisers are only achieving 13.5% in earnings - way below 35% targets, proving there is more confusion and curiosity about adviser pricing models than ever, preliminary results from Elixir Consulting research found. The study examined six ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
"Three steps and a stumble" is an old market adage that foretells of a drop in the US equity market after the Fed's third interest rate hike. This is turning out to be a doozy so far - the Fed already completed rate hike number three on 15 March 2016 ...

SMSFs hit hard by super reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
About a third (31%) of self-managed super fund members will be adversely affected by the impending superannuation reforms - not 4% the government grossly underestimated in last year's budget. A new report from SMSF software company Class found Baby ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
There is no better way to understand blockchain technology than to invest in bitcoins, a digital currency that has outperformed traditional currencies in recent years, according to an industry expert. This week the cryptocurrency broke record-highs ...

SMSF rollovers hit $8 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
Retail superannuation funds accounted for more than half of the $8.1 billion rolled in to self-managed super funds in the 12 months to June 2016. Rainmaker analysis of APRA data also shows retail super funds made up nine of the biggest 10 outflows to ...

ATO hits back at claims of inadequacy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
The Australia Taxation Office has hit back at claims by the Senate economics committee that its "inadequate" approach to policing superannuation guarantee payments has exacerbated the growing problem of non-compliance. In a press release issued yesterday ...

Mosaic tailors financial advice for women, grows FUA to $800m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
For financial advisers looking to cater to high-powered female executives, US-based Mosaic Financial Partners provides a textbook-worthy case study. Sabrina Lowell, two-time winner of the "Heart of Financial Planning" award in San Francisco and chief ...

ATO blamed for SG non-payment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
The Australian Tax Office's "inadequate" approach to policing superannuation guarantee payments has exacerbated the growing problem of non-compliance, a Senate committee report found. The ATO's reactive rather than proactive practices significantly ...

Ausbil MicroCap suspends applications and redemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
Ausbil's star MicroCap Fund suspended all applications and redemptions following the departure of its portfolio managers. Tony Waters and Chris Prunty left the fund manager last week, citing lifestyle reasons. At the time Ausbil said the MicroCap Fund ...