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RI Advice launches cashflow management tool

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
ANZ Wealth-owned RI Advice Group has launched a cashflow management solution that will allow its adviser network to help clients stay on top of their finances. The advice group has developed a customised version of Moneysoft's automated cashflow software. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open solidly higher after international markets returned to positive territory following heavy losses earlier in last week. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 68 points at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... stems, is due to start trading on the ASX. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed higher on expectations Beijing will roll out more economic stimulus measures after Chinese inflation fell close to a five-year low. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

FPA appoints new CRC Chair, rolls out education standards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has appointed a new Chair of its Conduct Review Commission (CRC) and rolled out a proposed Education and Professional Standards Framework to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) Inquiry. The FPA ...

Super returns lift to 11.1%

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper (ie Workplace) rolling 12 month performance index increased during August to return 11.1% compared 10.6% at end July, albeit still down from June's 12.7%. Three year super fund average annual returns are also 11.1% pa with ...

AIST attacks big-bank default grandfathering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Bank-owned retail funds should be forced to roll all their default superannuation members out of high-fee products into low-fee MySuper products, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). AIST head of executive manager ...

MySuper hurts low balance members: UniSuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... increasing competition among funds, which will only increase further if super is removed from awards. UniSuper's readiness to roll members out of its fund into ERFs demonstrates that a superannuation system based on industrial awards and enterprise bargaining ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
BlackRock has opened its Fixed Income Global Opportunities Fund (FIGO) to Australian investors. FIGO is a flexible global multi-sector fixed income strategy that seeks to achieve a positive total return. While the fund is not tied to a benchmark, it ...

Global re-regulation takes shine off investment banks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Financial sector stocks are often seen as a safe investment with almost no downside regardless what happens to the world economy, but global re-regulation of finance is causing investment strategists to question whether the tide is turning. The re-regulation ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... funds." The paper proposes a number of changes to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, including a definition of an 'involuntary roll-over superannuation benefit'. The proposed changes would apply form 1 July 2015. The Association of Superannuation Funds ...