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Retail funds risk member exodus

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
More than 20% of retail superannuation fund members are thinking about leaving within the next five years, CoreData research found. Members likely or very likely to move to another fund regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

Cumulus practices dumping wraps for MDAs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
Four Cumulus Financial Group-aligned practices have started offering managed discretionary account services, finding them more efficient than wrap platforms. The practices - Shine Financial Services, Array Financial Services, Mayneline Financial Services ...

Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... conditions. "I don't think the GFC was a normal recession. The accumulation of debt was acute and as a consequence what we are finding is our capacity to return to normal conditions is strained because we've wrongly described the cause of the problem," ...

Australians more reluctant to seek professional advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
A global survey shows that Australians are twice as likely to turn to family and friends for financial information as they are to seek advice from a professional. The survey was conducted by global research firm GfK on behalf of the Financial Planning ...

SMSF auditor disqualified

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
ASIC has disqualified an SMSF auditor for providing untruthful statements that were deliberately misleading. Manoj Abichandani of New South Wales was also deemed by the regulator as not a fit and proper person to be an approved SMSF auditor. ASIC imposed ...

Aged care, gold opportunity for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... "not really difficult" and 8.7% find it "not difficult at all." The most common issues revolve around difficulties in finding suitable care, health issues, financial issues and what is perceived to be poor service provided by paid carers or aged care ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Asset consultants could be in the firing line as the UK's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), sets competition and conflicts of interest within the asset management industry in its sights. The heads of the UK's largest pension ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... EY head of private equity in Oceania, Bryan Zekulich, said private equity managers in Australia have been successful in finding and building businesses, "and recent exits demonstrate the longer term investments made by PE are a productive and sustainable ...

Women program to reach all CBA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... as a career path. Also speaking at the event was journalist Jennifer Byrne, who told the audience about her experience finding a financial planner. "My financial planner made me competent and confident, which gave me freedom," she explained. Byrne said ...