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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0720 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,938. US stocks finished a touch lower after a mixed round of company ...

Midwinter launches scaled advice division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Software provider Midwinter has set up a scaled advice division and appointed a former Fortnum Financial executive to lead the company's strategy in this area. Halie Samson will be head of scaled advice at Midwinter and was previously project manager ...

Bernie Ripoll to retire from federal politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Labor MP and architect of the first Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms Bernie Ripoll will not contest the next federal election. Ripoll announced the decision on his Facebook page and said that he will finish his term as an MP and will continue ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Nikko Asset Management has partnered with Eurasia Group to bring the global political risk research and consulting firm's geopolitical risk indicators within Nikko's multi-asset investment management process. Eurasia Group will provide the global investment ...

We don't need financial advice: Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
More than 80% of university educated, well paid Generation Y professionals don't think they need financial advice according to a recent study by KPMG. The study, which sought the views of more than 1,400 Australian KPMG employees between 18 and 30-years-old ...

Xpress Super grows online trading suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Accounting firm and self-managed super fund administrator SuperGuardian's low-cost Xpress Super service has expanded its partnerships with online trading platforms. Investors using the Xpress Super service will now be able to make use of CommSec, Open ...

Rice Warner chief supports commissions cap

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said the commission structure proposed in the Trowbridge Report is a "necessary improvement". In an article written for Rice Warner's INSIGHTS section, he noted the difficulty of changing established remuneration ...

ClearView predicts end of independent financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The recommended restrictions and levelling of commission levels and upfront payments in the FSI and Trowbridge reports could drive independent advisers completely out of business, according to ClearView's FSI submission. The submission suggested that ...

Policies can adjust super tax concessions: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia believes there are policies the federal government could implement promptly to adjust superannuation tax concessions. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said lifetime caps on concessional and non-concessional ...

FSC hails register a step towards profession status

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the ASIC national register of advisers. Seen as an important step for rebuilding trust in the financial advice industry, FSC chief executive Sally Loane said the register of advisers is one of many important ...