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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... increase in exports and a smaller 1% gain in imports. Australia new home sales Likewise, data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) shows that sales of new homes in the country have again picked up pace, rising by 8.9% -- the fastest pace since ...

IFM appoints new debt investment head

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... since joining IFM in 2013. Randall replaces Robin Miller, who will semi-retire from IFM Investors after a 17-year association with the company. Miller will remain with IFM Investors and will transition to the role of senior adviser and chair of the investment ...

Advisers encouraged to review changes carefully

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... accumulation accounts from which a draw down is made." Similarly chief executive officer at the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), Dante De Gori argued that changes to the TTR will negatively affect thousands of middle to low income earners ...

NAB partnership puts adviser education at forefront

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... increasing adviser education levels and requiring all advisers across our network to be members of a professional association. "We believe ethics is critical to the ongoing professionalism of the industry and should be incorporated through professional ...

Acorns app enters superannuation sector

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Micro-investment savings app Acorns has entered into a partnership with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a new Acorns-like app for superannuation contributions. As previously reported in Financial Standard, Acorns ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... of carers be examined. Understandably several super industry representative groups welcomed the Senate report. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) urged the federal government to "commence implementation of at least some of these ...

Associations support adviser standards amendments

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... ethical standards of financial advisers have been welcomed by the industry's peak representative groups. Both the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association said they were pleased to see the federal government offer revised ...

SMSF Association implores Govt not to reduce contribution caps

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... workers to make voluntary "catch-up payments" is critical to building adequate retirement savings, according to the SMSF Association. In a report developed jointly with Rice Warner and BGL Corporate Solutions, the SMSF Association highlights the prevalence ...

Trust in financial advice falling

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... 2012 Australians were expecting to retire with $470,485 and in 2015 this amount dropped to $398,707, well below the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia estimates of $640,000 for a couple or $545,000 for a single. Glenn Wealands, head of ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... Police was most recently flagged in the Senate's inquiry in to economic security for women in retirement. The Police Association of New South Wales' submission said the death and disability insurance scheme disadvantaged officers in their ability to ...