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OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Like most of Australia's major industries, the future prosperity for the financial services sector clearly lies in Asia. Australians constantly talk of the economic opportunity presented by the three billion people that will be in the Asian middle class ...

Executive appointment round-up

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
This week's top industry moves include Bill McMillin returning to TWU Super as chief executive, Link Group restructuring its board ahead of a rumoured IPO and GBST's managing director retiring. TWU Super appoints chief executive for third gig - Bill ...

Super executive leaves for Mozambique

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Club Plus Super chief operating officer Phil Grindley is leaving the industry fund after seven years to join a children's centre in Mozambique. Grindley announced the move on Monday and said he would be moving with his wife and two children to serve ...

Link Group shuffles board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Link Group has restructured its board ahead of a rumoured IPO. Following on from speculation that Link was preparing to float - valued by Macquarie Capital at up to $3 billion - it has appointed director Michael Carapiet as its new independent chairman ...

FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... Retirement Vision Survey. SSGA head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific, Jonathan Shead03, says the report identified a "dis-link between people being comfortable about retirement but not necessarily having done a lot of planning to get there." The ...

ASIC warns super funds over transparency requirements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
A survey of superannuation websites by ASIC has found that some super funds are falling short in their requirement to display certain information on their websites. The Superannuation (Industry) Supervision Act (SIS Act) and SIS regulations 2.37 and ...

Super investment fees should align with CPI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Breaking down the link between superannuation fund growth and investment fees would reduce costs remarkably, according to Frontier Advisors director of consulting Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker said if super funds grew at 10% per annum for the ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... minutes. The service integrates the entire SMSF establishment procedure with real-time error-checking and validation, and can link itself to Macquarie and CBA cash accounts, Class Super, BGL 360 and Xero Practice Manager. BMR senior consultant Mark Ratcliff ...

Adviser linked to Spring FG banned for document forgery

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
A financial adviser has been permanently banned from the industry for falsifying Westpac finance letters to get more commissions. He was an employee of Murphy Dawson Partners, which was an authorised representative of Spring Financial Group between ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... contributions to the product type. The Financial Times reports that the dispute stems from the UK government's 2010 decision to link pension increases for retired public sector workers to the Consumer Price Index rather than the Retail Price Index (RPI) ...