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Industry fund launches assistant on Google Home

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
One of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds has integrated its virtual assistant with Google Home. Rest has joined its virtual assistant Roger with Google Home, allowing members to ask the device common questions and receive spoken answers. ...

Women less prepared for retirement: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Latest BT Financial Group research highlights less than one-fifth of women feel satisfied they are on track in preparing for their financial future. Additionally the BTFG research highlights 51% of women believe they won't have enough superannuation ...

Kina expands IRESS relationship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
A Papua New Guinean bank and wealth management firm is expanding the implementation of an IRESS fund administration platform. Kina Securities, a $4.3 billion fund administrator, will use IRESS' Acurity Online platform to allow its 700,000 PNG members ...

Smaller super funds lead Roy Morgan rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
An industry super fund with $8.1 billion in funds under management has topped the Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction Report for the seventh month in a row. Tasplan, the industry superfund with 145,000 members, has again topped the Roy Morgan monthly ...

Sixty per cent of FPA members hold degree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Responses to a Financial Planning Association of Australia questionnaire indicate the education levels of its members compare favourably to the planning industry overall. After 3200 members responded in the fortnight since the FPA issued its questionnaire ...

Financial planning must regroup and reform: Social Media

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Social media commentators have called for structural changes to the financial planning industry after the Royal Commission wrapped up its investigation into financial advice this week. After a fortnight of revelations during the Royal Commission's probe ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... employment or authorised representative status were terminated for allegedly engaging in misconduct. John Doyle and Chris Harris are members of the AFA. Jennifer Coleman is a former member.

Heffron partnership to offer robo-SMSFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
SMSF administration provider Heffron has partnered with an automated investment management company to offer a new low-cost SMSF service. The partnership between Heffron and Six Park expands on an initial agreement between the two companies in February ...

Baby boomers unprepared for wealth transfer: Australian Unity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Australians are unprepared for the impending intergenerational transfer of wealth according to one of Australia's oldest mutual companies. Referencing an ING report from 2016, Australian Unity said $2.4 trillion will be passed down from the baby boomer ...

Mainstream adds former Commonwealth Bank GM to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
A former Commonwealth Bank general manager has joined the board of a $133 billion fund administrator. Mainstream Group Holdings appointed JoAnna Fisher to its board as an independent non-executive director, adding Fisher's 20 years of senior management ...