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Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
Industry Super Australia says growth in the SMSF sector is a result of members having low levels of financial literacy. Citing a 2016 working paper from CIFR, ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said the 5.5% increase in SMSF membership in 2015 was ...

CBA caught out on unpaid super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... "It is bad enough that Australia's most profitable bank pays some of the lowest wages in the banking sector, now we are finding that part-time staff aren't getting their full superannuation entitlement." Angrisano said it is difficult to know how many ...

ASIC watching SMSF advice closely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... partnership with another licensee to deal with this," Kell said. "We are going out into the field to see how people are finding the new licenses and what other arrangements they are entering into." Kell also said the regulator is regularly checking to ...

Senate committee files views on super objective

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Merits behind the Superannuation (Objective) Bill may soon be debated in the Senate, following a Senate Economics Legislation Committee report filed on Tuesday. Committee chair, Senator Jane Hume, told Financial Standard that after considering all positions ...

Unadvised SMSFs ripe for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... unadvised, instead receiving their education around incoming super reforms from news and social media platforms. This is a key finding of new research from the SMSF Association and Commonwealth Bank slated for release in April, exploring SMSF trustee ...

FPA expels and fines dishonest member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... Administrative Appeals Tribunal and has sought a stay of ASIC's decision, restricting the regulator from publishing their finding.The AAT heard the stay application on 27 January and on 9 February refused the stay, but has yet to set a date for the review ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Investors who try and predict macroeconomics as a source of alpha rather than focusing on long term trends will suffer in the long term. AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker told the Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... deviation." He added: "The key thing we need to think about as investors in 2017 aren't that different to usual: it's about finding yield, uncovering growth and conquering volatility appropriately."

Saxo teams up for auto analysis tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... preferred asset classes, and receive daily market snapshots and high impact economic news alerts. "Analysing the markets and finding trade signals using technical analysis is usually a time-consuming process and requires in-depth knowledge," explained ...