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Less than half of all super funds are gaining new members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... experienced growth in net new membership. Reinforcing the growing dominance of not-for-profit super funds, they accounted for seven of the 10 fastest growing super funds by net membership growth. Retail funds accounted for the remaining three. However ...

Look inside to drive fintech forward: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... Speaking ahead of the AltFi Australasia Summit in April, uno Home Loans founder Vincent Turner said in the next five to seven years the crucial fintech partnerships will be with time-honoured institutions. "People tend to think the only way to move the ...

ASIC closes doors on Storm charges with two fines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... $70,000 each for breach of duties. Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis were previously disqualified from managing corporations for seven years. When they were directors at Storm, they created the system of financial advice where clients invested money in index ...

Mercer appoints head of superannuation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... future product and platform strategies, and playing a key role in our client relationships and engagement." "With one in seven working Australians relying on Mercer to help secure their financial futures, Darren's knowledge, experience and track record ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Climate change is a growing concern for the majority of investors polled in Financial Standard's latest survey. Despite investors' worry, Australia's top companies are failing to improve climate risk disclosures. Seventy-one per cent of respondents ...

Industry fund and CommInsure unveil digital claims process

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... Norwegian waste-to-energy plant. Baird said at the time: "The change in approach and restructuring of the portfolio around seven years ago is delivering strong risk adjusted returns. And while the strong returns are pleasing, we are particularly happy ...

Crunch time for limited MDA advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
Financials advisers have less than seven months to transition clients and beat the limited managed discretionary account (MDA) deadline. According to Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) head of distribution Tony Nejasmic, the no-action position on limited ...

Australia ticks boxes for ultra-high-net-worth individuals

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
Despite numerous initiatives to curb foreign investment, Australia is still a destination of choice for ultra-wealthy investors, according to Knight Frank's wealth report. Australia is the third most-preferred global destination for the world's ultra-high-net-worth ...

WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... holding an average equity weighting of 74.7%," Wilson said. Its asset manager, Wilson Asset Management, said holdings in Seven Group, Afterpay Touch, Platinum Asset Management, Flight Centre and Pengana International Equities were major contributors ...

Staggering annuities can fund retirement shortfall

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... paramount - can solve these numerous challenges retirees face. Upon reaching retirement age, Babbel said he activated as many as seven short-term annuities with different providers. That involved looking at basic income needs, such as the gap between ...