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FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... "general advice, either through direct sales or other agency sales or through group life policies inside superannuation funds." For reference, this proposed remuneration system is substantially stricter than existing arrangements, which include: upfront ...

Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The Future Fund ranked worst in managing climate change risk, along with three other top superannuation funds in Australia, an Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) global survey revealed. REST, Telstra Super, Super SA, Asgard and GESB also received ...

Retirement income sector keeps pace with population changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... largest part of retirement income FUM will be held in SMSFs (48%), followed by retail allocated pensions (38%), industry funds (12%) and annuities (2%). Investment Trends' December 2014 Retirement Planner Report shows that advisers are responding to ...

ISA urges government to keep super safety net

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... arguing that scrapping it would collectively cost employers $1.8 billion. Dropping the safety net would allow retail MySuper funds to compete in the default superannuation sector, but ISA's statement said it would "impose a time-consuming financial and ...

Managed Account Holdings to invest in advisory firms

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... hold up to a 25% interest in the advisory firms as an initial investment. It is intended the advisory firms will use the funds from the investment and consider matching the new capital with bank borrowings to fund their acquisitions. The type of advisory ...

Van Eck grows distribution team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... development team to help increase its retail presence and support the distribution of its Market Vectors exchange traded funds. Damon Gosen brings more than 12 years' financial services experience to his new position as vice president - business development. ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
BlackRock is seeing massive flows from Japanese clients into Aussie dollar bond funds as a result of quantitative easing in the Asian country. Investment strategist and head of fixed income, Steve Miller, told a briefing recently the flows in to Aussie ...

Government needs to allow retail default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... submission to the Treasury, the Financial Services Council (FSC) has petitioned Government to allow APRA-approved MySuper funds into the default superannuation market. Arguing that the current system stifles retail competition with industry funds, FSC ...

Industry responds to Grattan report

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Industry Super Australia and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia have responded to the latest Grattan report on superannuation fees. In a statement, ISA chief executive David Whiteley said the report served as further evidence of bank-owned ...

Boutique launches two robo advice models

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... and is directed towards investment strategy rather than a product focus. Quilla currently advises on about $5 billion of funds across both institutional and advised client bases.