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SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
The SMSF Association has renewed calls for the federal government to open up infrastructure investment to self-managed superannuation funds. At a time when both the government and opposition are focused on raising billions of dollars in capital to meet ...

Tim Steele departs AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... in June, but stayed on until late October. He is now pursuing studies overseas before returning to Australia for the next stage of his career. Steele became a director of AMP's Horizons academy in 2008 and took the ipac and Genesys reins in 2013. AMP's ...

AFA Adviser, Practice of the Year named

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... in-depth client feedback survey, site visit, examination of advice documents and interviews with staff," he said. "In the final stage, advisers must make a comprehensive, face-to-face presentation to the judging panel." David Reed impressed the judges ...

Women to inherit 70% of intergenerational wealth: report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
The stakes are high when it comes to providing financial advice to women, particularly as they are predicted to inherit the bulk of the intergenerational wealth transfer in the next few decades; yet at the same time, are hampered by lower pay and earnings ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... other hand, aunt Janet could imagine that the latest stimulus measures - promised and actual and potential - would set the stage for a stronger economic growth in its major trading partners - one that could withstand a 25 bps increase in the Fed funds ...

Estate planning key to holistic advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... around it, though. You don't have to look far in a room to see people with parents or relatives who may be reaching that stage, and it can be an incredibly difficult thing to organise." He said that he hoped Australian Unity's integration of estate planning ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... lifetime annuities I think what people are waiting for is to see more deferred annuities which have a lot to say for the later stage in retirement. Group annuities are an enormous opportunity sitting there which largely haven't been taken up," Ralston ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... whereby people should get the right amount of cover at the right age and the right type of cover depending on their life-stage. As an example, he notes that younger REST members have "a modest amount of death insurance" which he says "is enough to handle ...

ASIC to be handed greater powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The government has said it will grant the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) additional powers to effectively regulate the financial services sector. More than 10 months after the release of FSI chairman David Murray's final report ...

iSelect CEO departs amid takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... Entertainment, PZ Cussons and SPC Ardmona. "We are delighted that Scott has accepted the role to take iSelect to its next stage of development as Australia's leading multi-channel comparison service," said iSelect chairman Chris Knoblanche. "Alex will ...