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Australia joining global retirement focus: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
A quick look at Challenger's share registry will tell you the importance and interest in Australia's superannuation system moving from an accumulation focus to retirement income. Speaking at a Ranstad Lecture Series event in Sydney yesterday, Benari ...

Mirae backs Asian consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
A global asset manager has made it clear they will back the Asian consumer market as part of its ongoing equities strategy in the region. During a recent trip to Australia, Mirae Asset Global Investments' head for Indian equity funds, Rahul Chadha ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
He holds one of the first doctorates of superannuation in Australia and has developed some of the country's most innovative retirement ideas and products. Darren Snyder discovers what really drives industry veteran and Mercer senior partner David Knox. ...

Bank love affair with wealth management waning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
The wealth management industry has been embroiled in one scandal after another and as it struggles to meet both shareholder and customer demands, a number of big players are re-evaluating their commitment to wealth management. Unlike many international ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is now taking nominations for its annual Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. In its fourteenth year, the AFA Adviser of the Year Award recognises an individual who is excelling in the delivery ...

Future Generation appoints CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Future Generation Global Investment has appointed its chief executive. Formerly joint chief executive, Louise Walsh has become sole chief executive following the resignation of joint CEO Chris Donohoe. Donohoe will remain on Future Generation's investment ...

Associations support adviser standards amendments

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
The latest legislative amendments to raise the education, training and ethical standards of financial advisers have been welcomed by the industry's peak representative groups. Both the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
APRA has released its submission to the Senate Economics Committee on the inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice - life insurance, claiming that the profitability of the sector is under strain. The submission argued that weak profitability has ...

Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Fintechs feature predominantly in a new list recognising superior leadership in technology and services innovation throughout Australia and New Zealand, but wealth management's representation is sparse. Yesterday H2 Ventures and Investec launched the ...

Pillar enters blockchain

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Superannuation services giant Pillar Administration has leapt in to blockchain with a view to address many of the technology inefficiencies in the $2 trillion super industry. At an internal super summit in Wollongong yesterday, Pillar chief executive ...