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Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... be a need to consider the merit of early release provisions for those in genuine need who meet specific criteria to determine involuntary retirement," Garcia said.

EQT to buy ANZ Trustees for $150m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... will continue to have access to specialist trustee administration services while ANZ will work with Equity Trustees to determine a suite of banking and other potential solutions for Equity Trustees' clients." EQT said the acquisition will be funded by ...

Class Super CEO departs suddenly

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The newly-appointed chief executive of Class Super David Smith has departed suddenly after just three months in the role, following disagreements over his level of commitment to the company. Smith has been replaced by former Class chief operating officer ...

Mercer allocates $150M AXA IM global SmartBeta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
Mercer's investment business in Australia has allocated $150 million to AXA Investment Managers' global investment grade SmartBeta credit strategy. The mandate complements other managers within Mercer's global credit portfolio and aims at achieving ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The financial advice profession is likely to disappear and planners could be replaced by robots. That is the finding of a new study which reveals that machines could easily provide financial advice to consumers thanks to complex algorithms. Financial ...

National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice A (FoFA)reforms. Specifically it asks the panel to determine whether conflicted remuneration and percentage fees should be allowed in the provision of financial advice. It also asks whether ...

Less than 15% meet ASFA standard of retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Less than 15% of Australians aged 40 to 64 meet the standard set by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for retirement savings, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the University of Melbourne. The research has determined that ...

AMP's Charter names advice award winners

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
TFC Financial's Dennis Bateman and KTA Financial Services' Troy Mickan have won national financial planning awards from AMP's Charter Financial Planning. Bateman was awarded the Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy and Mickan was recognised with the National ...

AMP likely to cut hundreds of Melbourne jobs: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Carter told Financial Standard. An AMP spokesperson said that the group was currently undertaking a "scoping process" to determine exactly how many jobs will be cut. "We are still working through what this will look like in terms of numbers and location ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
While Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and re-join Mother Russia - and the tit for tat sanctions between the US and Europe and Moscow - and speculation over the faster- and sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most ...