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Smart beta, fixed income ETFs surge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... risen to 3,906 and there is close than $3.5 trillion allocated to the vehicles, DAWM research shows. "The investment community is becoming more and more aware of ETFs. PricewaterhouseCoopers expects the slice of the pie invested in passive vehicles to ...

Actuaries Institute demands long term policy focus

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... the industry and consumers to bear," Actuaries Institute president Estelle Pearson said. She added, "With a growing community and political debate about superannuation, it is essential that the Government and politicians support the FSI recommendation ...

Mercer becomes first FPA accredited salaried firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... program recognises quality financial planning practices that are providing the highest quality financial advice in their community."

Bank super incentives 'unlawful': ISA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... insurance products. Some employers report being offered tickets to sporting events. "After recent bank scandals, the community is also calling for a higher standard of consumer protection which can be enforced by regulators," Whitely continued. "It would ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... organisation remains focused on effectively and efficiently achieving its mission for the well-being of the Australian community." Byres also recently appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, outlining APRA's current ...

Stockbrokers Association appoints chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... raise the profile of the Stockbrokers Association of Australia and deepen the profession's engagement with the wider community. "Stockbroking is a dynamic, fast-changing industry, and the Stockbrokers Association holds a unique and important position ...

FSC supports longer threshold for unclaimed life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... Frydenberg's statement, this resulted in "real financial distress for many Australians, including older Australians and community groups, who were not able to access their own funds when they needed them." As a consequence of the change, unclaimed monies ...

Turnbull on super and housing debate: "a thoroughly bad idea"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... and the urgency of taking corrective action," he said, and added that "there was a deeply felt sense in much of the community that our proposed budget measures were unfair to people on lower incomes when taken as a whole". Hockey responded to Turnbull's ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... that confidence in the system is maintained - any perception of conflicted super directors would be devastating in the community. However, in introducing independents, there must be a reasonable transition. The remaining legislative changes should allow ...

AustralianSuper adds London site to property portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... eight million square feet of offices, homes, hotels, leisure, shops and restaurants, a university, galleries, schools, community facilities and music venues, will remain a single entity, managed under the current 'one estate' approach. "Having worked ...