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Super assets hit new record

STEPHEN FAY, DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... superannuation it is important to not be distracted by spurious 'one size fits all' type arguments. We saw this with the faux debate on independent directors, and we also see it with the concerted push for fund consolidation," he added.

Stale boys club lingers on: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
One in 10 women working in investment management have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, while about half report offensive behaviour or exclusion from work events based on their gender. According to the University of Sydney, a study of ...

Advisers can't ignore CIPR debate: SSGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
Financial advisers can't afford to ignore the Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPR) debate as it will affect all corners of the advice industry, a retirement solutions expert says. State Street Global Advisors head of retirement solutions ...

AFA gets an audience with O'Dwyer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... be about raising standards, not about reducing adviser numbers." Separately, the association said last month the ongoing debate around the removal of grandfathered commissions was an "overreaction", with trail commissions contributing little to the overall ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... Lowe and his merry men and women when the RBA announces its decision at 2.30pm AEST today. That really is not up for any debate. What's bugging me are the forecasts, the expectations, the speculations, the educated that the RBA's next action ...

Grandfathered commission debate an overreaction: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The ongoing debate around the removal of grandfathered commissions is an "overreaction", with trail commissions contributing little to the overall income of financial advice practices in reality. Addressing delegates at the 2018 Association of Financial ...

SMSFA slams PC draft findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... process distorting SMSF returns, especially for new and lower balance funds," George said. The SMSF cost-effectiveness debate must extend beyond a mere analysis of net returns and costs and consider the cost of running an SMSF over the long-term, he ...

Avoid social agendas on ESG: Governance Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... which Governance Institute chief executive Steven Burrell said failed to reach consensus. "Despite robust discussion and debate, the roundtable did not achieve consensus either about the case for change or what that change might look like," Burrell said. ...

Advisers demand self-licensing regime: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... The collapse of Dover Financial Advisers left more than 400 advisers in need of a new dealer group. It also reignited the debate of having a more straightforward self-licensing regime. We reported recently that while some Dover advisers have transitioned ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... Treasury notes even if the more distant forward rates remain unchanged." Whatever the underlying reason is still up for debate but what could not be mistaken is that the inverted yield curve was followed by the 2008 recession, as it had in the US recessions ...