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Retirement income under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... Australians live longer and the population ages." The government's announcement follows the release of the Productivity Commission report into the efficiency and competitiveness of the super system earlier this year, which called for a review of ...

Milestone ETF Rule passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... Global regulators are taking notice of the maturation of exchange-traded funds, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopting a new rule to modernise their regulation. Twenty seven years on from the launch of the first ETF, the SEC has voted ...

What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... research, he said. "This trend may well be linked to an increased importance assigned to governance matters since the Royal Commission into Financial Services," he said. Frontier Advisors advises on over $380 billion of assets in superannuation, charity ...

Complexity of grandfathered commissions overlooked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
In a new policy paper, Association of Financial Advisers general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson argues that the complexity of grandfathered commissions has been overlooked by policy makers. Anderson states in the paper that the 2012 ...

Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... the dynamic duo's earlier commitment for the government to acting on all 76 of the recommendations of the Royal Commission. The RBA (under Lowe) suffers from the same impotence the RBA under Glenn Stevens did during his term in office - perhaps ...

Evidence of "pay to play" in US pension consulting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... University of Arizona last month, looked at all investment advisory firms registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), their client base, and political contributions. The research found that presence of a government fund client (for ...

Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... by the industry resisting changes that would ensure people end up in better performing products. "The Productivity Commission proposed a suite of options, including 'best in show', which would have the immediate effect of stopping more people's ...

Adviser cops three-year ban

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission banned a financial adviser from providing any financial services for a period of three years. The corporate regulator made a banning order against Kyle Jonothan Perry Marshall under the Corporations ...

Morgans snaps up CommSec Advisory business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... million. The news comes as many of the big banks reconsider their advisory businesses following revelations from the Royal Commission. Westpac announced earlier this year it was departing the personal advice sector with two top executives leaving the ...

Growing uncertainty sees more advisers outsourcing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... being stock-pickers and instead being asset allocators. "More are being nudged in this direction in the post-Royal Commission environment," said Investment Trends analyst Viola Wang. "Once asset allocation is determined, close to half now say they are ...