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New social network for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... feedback on board and we're pleased to launch FPA Community, the new online forum for FPA members," De Gori said. "Of course nothing beats connecting in person, and the FPA offers over 100 events across Australia each year, including the National Roadshow ...

Chief economist update: US consumer power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... day-to-day swings is the rise and rise on Wall Street - to new record highs. To be sure, the third quarter reporting season was nothing to write home to mother about. According to Factset's 'Earnings Insight' Report, dated November 15: "For ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... addressing the media following her speech, Hume said there "really isn't any excuse" for funds not to merge. "There should be nothing standing in the way of those smaller funds from finding a suitable partner, a marriage match. There all out there, they're ...

Trustee firm expands into fund administration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... using globally recognised standards and a fully scalable, cloud-hosted service." Kingston said many current systems are nothing more than a facade - outdated systems patched over with the appearance of modernity. "Conversely, Sargon's system is built ...

Is EM an investor's saving grace?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... secret the Reserve Bank of Australia has an easing bias. Seven years ago RBA governor Phillip Lowe said very low rates are nothing to aspire to, and yet here we are," Doyle said. "Australians, especially those with SMSFs, are turning to global markets ...

AustralianSuper checks out robo advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... with external advisers," he said. "So we have had a significant amount of what we call registered advisers, which have nothing to do with AustralianSuper and that's where we are seeing people getting advice from." Superannuation funds directly employed ...

Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... the FPA failed to represent members' interests, despite being paid to do so. "The industry associations have done nothing for the fees advisers have been paying; completely ineffective in changing FSR, FOFA, industry funds, MySuper, TASA, banks' ...

Complexity of grandfathered commissions overlooked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... best, there is extremely limited information available on the extent of grandfathered commissions and there appears to be nothing that provides any analysis on the extent of volume bonuses or shelf space fees," Anderson said. "This all supports the view ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... hand, not least from a wise use of fiscal policy in those countries where there is still room for maneuver." But this is nothing new - even the Financial Standard 's been calling for the Australian government to ditch its obsession with a budget ...

Thousands strike from work for climate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... Simon Sheikh said: "We came together with other Australian businesses to form Not Business as Usual because there's nothing usual about students skipping school and asking adults to help them fight climate change." Future Super will be closed for ...