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WA super funds combine forces

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Two Perth-based superannuation funds are set to become one, announcing an intention to merge. WA Super and Concept One will join forces to create Western Australia's only not-for-profit, public offer superannuation fund. It will manage more than $3.2 ...

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... latest research shows. Three quarters (76%) of the 1390 respondents in a Microsoft survey believe automation will lead to job losses; and more than 82% said digital transformation will revolutionise financial services. More than half (59%) of first-line ...

Frontier Advisors chief executive resigns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... investment function within asset owner organisations, and an increase in competition within the consulting sector. He was given the job of transforming the business from what was a successful advisory practice, with a stable of industry superannuation ...

Nothing to fear from robo-advice: Magellan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... services there is little to fear from robo-advice. "Your business model is not just creating an investment solution; your job is to be the counsellor to your clients on probably the most important thing in their life - which is their financial wellbeing ...

Untouched super sits at $18 billion: ATO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Some of Sydney's blue-chip suburbs are among the top postcodes missing out on $18 billion in unclaimed superannuation. Latest figures from the Australian Taxation Office show more than 6.3 million lost and ATO-held super accounts, with $14.12 billion ...

Advice industry wasting potential on old models

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Numerous financial advisers are resisting change and not doing enough to increase the value of their practice when the time calls for a successful exit and comfortable retirement. Tynan Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan said ...

Managed accounts demand dominates platform market

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 17 SEP 2017
The rate of growth managed accounts are experiencing - three times faster than any other segment of the platform market - will fundamentally change the role of financial advisers, latest Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker Group director of research ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Australian consumers are happier in September than last month. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute (WBC-MI) index of consumer sentiment jumped by 2.5% to a reading of 97.9 this month from 95.5 in August with nearly all the survey's sub-indices recording ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... details of the report showed a strong pick-up in the employment index (up four points) to 11 in August that points to "an annual job creation rate of about 270,000 (or 22,000 per month) in coming months, which is sufficient to see the unemployment rate ...

BT appoints CIO and grows investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... and Tower Life. BTFG general manager, platforms and investments, John Shuttleworth said Collocott had done an outstanding job developing BT's investment philosophy while acting in the position. "As the superannuation sector continues to grow while facing ...