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Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Voter backlash against infrastructure recycling plans in recent (and current) state election campaigns is raising alarm bells within the superannuation sector. It was such a point of contention in the recent Queensland state election that most observers ...

AMP boosts self-employed advice channel

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
Adviser numbers at AMP's self-employed adviser channel Jigsaw Support Services were up 42.7% in 2014, while adviser numbers shrunk at Genesys and iPac. Jigsaw advisers increased from 171 in the year to December 2013 to 244 in the year to December 2014 ...

SMSF sector enters next phase

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
The self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector is entering the stage of maturity as benefit payments surpass contributions for the first time. This industry tipping point was confirmed with the recent release of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) statistical ...

FEATURE: Understanding mFund

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
Offering instant diversification, professional management and exposure to assets not easily reached by individuals, managed funds represent a one-stop shop that's suitable for every type of investor. But despite these obvious benefits, the penetration ...

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Leeanne Turner's lifelong career in superannuation came about by accident. Growing up near Canberra, she had initially thought she'd like to be a teacher. But like many 20-year-olds, she decided to put that off for a while and travel to Europe. To do ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
December is a time for celebration. It's almost as if there is too much going on - the holidays, summer and New Year's all come at once in a heady maelstrom of activity. Rather than wind down, everything has a sense of speeding up. The same can be said ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we revisit the big issues that affected the financial services industry this year. We also cover the CIO & COO Awards, the 2014 Selecting Super Awards and the Smileys. You can read these articles on your iPad ...

IPA names new president and chairman

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The active versus passive debate is one that has raged for decades but with the latest figures showing a steady increase in the amount being allocated to index strategies, Mark Smith asks the experts if the jig is up for active fund managers. It seems ...

Genesys advisers looking at all options following wind up

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Advice practices licensed under AMP-owned Genesys Wealth are currently considering all options after the licensee announced yesterday that it would wind up. At the moment, 92 advice firms employing 188 advisers are licensed under Genesys, according ...