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SMSF software demand surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... to Class Super. Class' SMSF market share surged to 24% from 19% year-on-year, hitting a record high of 140,000 client accounts in the 12 months to June. Accounting practices recorded the greatest demand for the cloud-based SMSF software as they transition ...

Platform provider grows SMA menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
A platform provider has added two new managers to its separately managed accounts menu, offering advisers and their clients access to a greater range of retail managed accounts. The Netwealth menu now includes SMA portfolios from Elston Asset Management ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... spending - up a mere 0.9% in the year to May from 4.2% in April - and by extension, overall household consumption, which accounts for around 66% of the UK economy. A premature rate hike threatens to compound this less positive dynamics. And then, there's ...

Competition would save Australians millions in super fees: Deloitte

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... further competition in the superannuation marketplace would reduce fees by $292 million per year across 14 million MySuper accounts. A report issued by Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) finds that the facilitation of choice, creating an environment where ...

Aussie large cap funds underperforming: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... than not produce positive excess returns. The report also found large cap Aussie shares offered via separately managed accounts, namely on the Netwealth, Powerwrap, BT Panorama, Praemium and OneVue platforms have many advantages. SMAs are attractive ...

FoFA should also protect retail banking customers: FSU

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... to depression and attempt suicide. California-based Colin had to sell between 10 to 20 products per day and open new accounts "by all means necessary." The stress of it all led him to help expose the bank opening more than two million fraudulent accounts ...

KPMG names new national chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... chair one the big four professional services firms in Australia. KPMG said Kitchen has led numerous major global KPMG accounts including spanning financial services and energy and resources. Senior roles have included being the leader of KPMG's National ...

Default funds must appear on online super choice forms: AIST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... affecting 45% of Australians. "The proposed online form would allow consumers to see a list of their existing superannuation accounts or select their employers' default fund - a feature that paper forms are unable to deliver," Scheerlinck said. "This ...

Netwealth celebrates managed accounts surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
A 350% increase in flows to its managed accounts offering has driven a record boost to Netwealth's overall funds under management and administration. The significant surge in its managed account service has contributed to an increase of annual flows ...

Australia a nation changing fast: Census

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... China has meanwhile jumped from 6% to 8.3% and the proportion from India has jumped from 5.6% to 7.4%. The Philippines accounts for 3.8% of overseas-born Australia, up from 2.7% at the 2011 census. This pace of change in Australia's cultural diversity ...