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Advisers failing to submit SMSF returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
More than 2700 tax practitioners, who are also trustees of their self-managed superannuation fund, have outstanding SMSF annual returns. This latest figure comes from the Tax Practitioners Board as it launches a new compliance strategy. The TPB is calling ...

Global manager wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
A global manager has won a $200 million custom mandate in global equities from a superannuation fund. Parametric Australia has created a factor-based portfolio solution that captures the super fund's views around risks in global stock markets with a ...

Fiducian acquires Perth financial planning firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The ASX-listed wealth and advice business is acquiring a Perth-based financial planning business that advises about $73 million of client money. Fiducian Group is spending $1.66 million on the acquisition component of the deal, funded from cash. Once ...

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Owners of an ASX-listed company donated $10 million to a university with campuses in Coffs Harbor and Queensland to fund research. Marcus Blackmore and wife Catherine of the $2 billion vitamin empire Blackmores made the personal donation to Southern ...

Productivity Commission pushes for superannuation scale benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The Productivity Commission has made another "compelling" argument for economies of scale in superannuation, estimating it to save the industry $340 million each year. The benefits however, aren't flowing to members. In its final supplementary paper ...

Vertical integration not to blame

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... significantly less effective than fixed remuneration when it comes to compliance outcomes. Co-author of the report, associate professor Elizabeth Sheedy says the balanced scorecard tested did not lead to any significant uplift in productivity relative ...

Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... Comyn said. "Yes, they (targets and bonuses) can drive perverse outcomes." Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre associate professor Elizabeth Sheedy said questions must be asked of the ongoing use of balanced scorecards in the industry. "Based ...

AI ramping up but legal risks remain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
Financial services companies are betting on artificial intelligence (AI) more than ever, but remain sceptic of compliance and legal risks of the technology, according to a new Baker McKenzie report. Baker McKenzie surveyed 355 financial services leaders ...

New degree tackles adviser education standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... suitable to new entrants to the industry and existing financial planners seeking to update their qualifications, UTS said. Associate professor and deputy chair of the UTS Business School finance department Marco Navone said the postgraduate degree was ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
The Future Fund has increased its stake in alternative assets and appointed two new fund managers in a bid to combat the tailwinds coming from the global equities market. Australia's sovereign wealth fund increased its allocation in private equity ...