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FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... following the August exam, 50% of the ASIC FAR will have sat the exam with approximately 30% having already sat it. "The way we run the exams is not all in one session on one day. We have the capacity to extend by further days if we need to so we get ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... look at the existing inequities in the system. The top 100 SMSF's collectively hold about $8.7 billion. Many appear to be run as businesses - according to the ATO, one even has a loan of $168 million against property holdings. Taxing the wealthy first ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... exposure to gold - Oberg believes the tech sector may disappoint in the months ahead. "We think a number of these companies have run too hard and are now trading on valuations that were higher than what they were prior to COVID-19," he said. "Given its ...

Super advocate takes FSC to task over TPD tests

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Super Consumers Australia has called on Australia's life insurance industry to eradicate "junk terms" from total and permanent disability insurance, after the Financial Services Council committed to ensuring TPD cover wouldn't be impacted if ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... understand the issue with large companies sticking tightly to the benchmark. "One of the reasons that passive has had such a run is because the market has realised that so many asset managers are hugging benchmarks pretty tightly, and yet they're ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... of New Jersey won't have the liquidity to pay pensions in full or, possibly, at all. According to the report, if funds run dry they will likely switch to pay-as-you-go systems, meaning pensioners will be forced to rely on the operating budgets of ...

Warren Buffett allegedly conned by German company

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... its acquisition. Berkshire Hathaway's Precision Castparts paid EUR 800 million in February 2017 to acquire a German, family-run stainless steel pipe and fittings manufacturer Wilhelm Schulz. However, about three months later in May, Berkshire started ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson has encouraged investors to plan for the worst and hope for the best as central bank liquidity props up equity markets. However, he warns, "hope is not a strategy", and recommends investors accept that things ...

SISFA relaunches membership to SMSF trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA) has redesigned and is relaunching its membership offering for SMSF trustees. SISFA said through existing communication channels and those of new associated partners and sponsors, up to ...

COVID-19 recovery plans must heed climate science

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... Community Services.net Pty Ltd (CSnet). They are a part of Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which in Australia is run by GCNA and WWF-Australia and has more than 30 listed companies actively involved in the initiative.