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Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015

Advice business mergers and acquisitions are set to reach unprecedented levels in 2015 thanks to regulatory certainty and an increasing demand for independent financial advice. "The shackles of poor investment markets and legislative uncertainty have ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015

"Baby, baby, baby oooh Like baby, baby, baby nooo..." - Justin Bieber "Baby, baby, baby oooh." Another month, another strong and better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report. US businesses added another 295K heads to their payroll (versus expectations ...

Tasplan Super chief executive to stand down

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015

Tasplan Super chief executive Neil Cassidy is stepping down from the role after nearly 24 years' involvement with the Tasmanian industry fund to pursue new opportunities. Cassidy was seconded from National Mutual under a two-year agreement to set up ...

Intergenerational Report shows need for financial advice

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015

The Treasury's Intergenerational Report highlights the importance of financial advice, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Given that life expectancy at birth is expected to rise by four and three years for men and women respectively ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015

The results of the Treasury's Intergenerational Report prove that Australia's current level of social welfare cannot be sustained and that superannuation will play a key role in addressing the issue, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said. Reacting ...

What becomes of the broken hearted?

TREVOR HARRIS | FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015

The period between separation and divorce is fraught with estate planning dangers, CommInsure national technical manager Alex Koodrin explained at a recent Financial Standard Technical Services Forum in Sydney. Koodrin said that the average time period ...

Productivity Commission to explore financial services exports

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015

The government has announced a Productivity Commission review aimed at boosting Australia's services exports across financial services and other industries. "With over 1.5 billion people moving into Asia's middle class over the next 15 years, we need ...

ECT reforms pass Senate

STAFF WRITER | THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015

The Parliament has passed the latest amendments to the superannuation excess contribution tax (ECT), implementing the final piece of legislation to reform the unpopular tax, says Taxpayers Australia Limited. "The rationale for ECT made sense at the ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015

Central bank surprises continue. This week started with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) surprising with a weekend announcement that it is lowering both its benchmark one-year lending rate and one-year deposit rate by 25 basis points each to 5.35% ...

Australia and Switzerland agree tax crackdown

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey and Swiss Ambassador Marcel Stutz have agreed to increase cooperation to tackle tax evasion. Under the agreement, the Australian Taxation Office will automatically receive details of financial accounts such as investment ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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