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Firetrail fund gets Morningstar rating

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... Firetrail's March 2018 inception to October 2019 provides a reminder to investors that returns are unlikely to look anything like the S&P/ASX 200 index," the research note said. It recommends using this as a satellite allocation, within a more broadly ...

Complexity of grandfathered commissions overlooked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... commissions made up 30% of practice income but by 2017 that proportion had dropped to just 9%. "It is difficult to conclude anything other than, at best, there is extremely limited information available on the extent of grandfathered commissions and ...

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... rate to 0.4% from 0.9%. These are desperate times for Deutschland and it calls for desperate measures. It can't do anything anymore about monetary policy, the European Central Bank controls interest rates (currently at zero, it ended QE in December ...

Government should intervene in BOLR changes: Opposition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... "passed all the tests that were expected of them by all the regulators". "Therefore, it is not correct to say it has anything to do with the Hayne Royal Commission," Mookhey said. In concluding, Mookhey said he plans to pursue the AMP issue further with ...

ASIC to review end of grandfathering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... industry to end grandfathering and conflicted remuneration, right up to the 2021 deadline. The regulator will report on anything holding up the transition away from grandfathered remuneration. The review will be both quantitative and qualitative. The ...

Japanese insurer gets Treasury tick to up Challenger stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... believe the impairment loss is equivalent to goodwill because we intend to make it an affiliate in the future. We think anything that corresponds to impairment of goodwill will be excluded from Group Adjusted Profit."

Cull flat fees for small pensions: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... it said. It cited the example of a dormant pot of £300. If it returned 5% annually for 40 years, its value could be anything from £1720 to £0 depending on the fee charging structure. UK funds currently follow an annual charge cap of 0.75% for DC schemes ...

Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... higher rate will reduce from 3.25% to 3%. Previously, the first $51,800 of financial assets incur a deemed rate of 1.75% (anything thereafter attracts the 3.25% rate) for singles. For couples with at least one person receiving a pension, the first $86,200 ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... income system as recommended by the Productivity Commission." However the former AustralianSuper staffer failed to reveal anything further, leaving many in the industry with doubts as to the review's purpose and potential impact. Recently appointed ...

Clime ramps up private wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... superannuation funds take their investments in-house. We are looking at a few potential acquisition options but don't have anything definitive as yet," he said. The ASX-listed business has about $10 million on its balance sheet and is willing to ...