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IOOF rejigs CRO role, appoints successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... the prior corresponding period. Funds under management across financial advice, investment management, and portfolio and estate administration businesses reached $149.5 billion, up 18.7% year on year.

Advisers struggle with untapped SMSF market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... years, the research has highlighted the areas of unmet advice for SMSF trustees, she said. Pension strategies, estate planning and identifying undervalued assets were the top areas SMSF members grappled with. Tax planning, investment strategy and asset ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... equities has led to increased fixed income allocations and more diversification in allocations to infrastructure, real estate and private equity markets," Invesco said in the report. An earlier report from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds ...

Wills and BDBN raise adviser interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... flexibilities that's not available in large super funds," she said. The SIS Act allows the executor or administrator of the estate to act as trustee on behalf of deceased member, she said, but this is not always the case despite s17A. Chu pointed ...

Sargon launches SMSF alternative

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... oversees and administers superannuation funds as its core business." The SAF also provides reliable and accessible estate planning, Rutter said. "Members can rely on the trustee to carry out and pay their death benefits according to their instructions. ...

Australian Unity creates new partnerships role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... Trustees. Sakellaris said: "Two key areas of strategic growth for Australian Unity Trustees are philanthropy and estate planning and Sally will focus on both, as she builds and maintains relationships with lawyers, financial advisers, private bankers ...

Wills are an afterthought for the rich: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... number of wealthy people who don't have wills or rely on do-it-yourself will kits still comes as no surprise to an estate planning expert. Australian Unity Trustees national manager of estate planning Anna Hacker says wealthier people are not as organised ...

Early financial advice prevents worries at the end

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... away and pay for the end-of-life care they endured. Australian Unity Trustees Legal Services national manager of estate planning Anna Hacker concurred, and said despite advertising around estate planning mostly connecting the practice with retirees ...

Industry fund finds new advice tech partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... year, providing advice on all topics, both inside and outside of super such as budgeting, wealth creation and estate planning. The partnership with Midwinter is a part of that rebrand, with BUSSQ selecting Midwinter in mid-2017 because of its ability ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... executive Phil Kewin said. These fields include accounting, taxation law, finance law, finance, business law, investment, estate law, banking and economics. "This is much more in alignment with what we had advocated. Impacted members will need to go ...