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FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... premiums). Further proposed policy reforms are that licensees are prohibited from receiving benefits that create product choice and/or advice conflicts; that every licensee includes at least half of the 13 authorised retail life providers on its APL ...

Government needs to allow retail default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... APRA-approved MySuper products should be eligible default funds for Australian workplaces. All employees should be able to exercise choice of fund." "If Australians are forced to save a portion of their salary for 40 to 50 years they must be allowed ...

Industry responds to Grattan report

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... because when you look at the $1.95 trillion - they mention the $21 billion cost, and it's around 1.1%. "That includes all choice and default products. Most people are in MySuper, though, and they're paying an average of 0.93%." "So most people are paying ...

Larry Fink warns of bubble in income assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Head of the world's largest fund manager has warned shareholders about an ever-expanding bubble in yield-paying assets, inflated by central bank liquidity measures. In a letter to shareholders, BlackRock chief executive Laurence Fink said aggressive ...

Media Super doubles investment menu

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... mix of assets, including shares, property and infrastructure, natural resources, and alternative investments. With more choice, there's no limit to how you can invest your super." What makes the investment menu redesign of the $4.5 billion industry fund ...

Advisers turning to annuities for longevity risk

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... from 32% in 2013. Furthermore, the research shows that lifetime annuities have become the "guaranteed income product of choice" with 39% of participants expressing an intention to use them in 2015. By contrast, 31% and 21% planned to use long-term (five ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... property still in a funk and the Shanghai composite index now considered over valued, Chinese investors have little other choice but to head south... at least until the arbitrage gap is closed. But as Reuters reports, "Hong Kong shares trading at discounts ...

Views sought on super form changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... treasury is calling for submissions on draft legislation that will see employers no longer obligated to provide a standard choice of fund form to temporary residents or to employees when their superannuation funds merge. In November last year federal ...

Challenger boutique nominated for three Investor's Choice awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Challenger-owned WyeTree Asset Management was nominated in three EMEA categories for the 2015 Investor's Choice Awards. WyeTree is an alternative asset manager and part of Challenger's multi-boutique business, Fidante Partners. It was nominated for ...

ClearView predicts end of independent financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... to have seven insurers on their APL, there would be continuing opportunities for vertically-owned licensees to restrict choice and competition, which is not in the client's best interest. "Any claims that having 13 insurers on an APL would significantly ...