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Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Mark Smith speaks to Platinum Asset Management co-founderA Kerr Neilson on his views about philanthropy, his contrarian approach to investing and opportunities in the SMSF sector. The Neilson family certainly isn't afraid to go against conventional ...

PROFILE: netwealth head of advice Simon Micallef

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... first international game at 23 years old and he became a certified FIFA referee at 26. "The career blossomed over the next decade and I would spend three or four months a year away from work, refereeing international matches," he explains. In fact, his ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget presents huge opportunity for wealth industry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
The two year increase in the Age Pension is likely to create a huge opportunity for the financial services industry as product and service providers devise ways to help fund people those additional years, according to Rainmaker Information director ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... we all contribute now, we will build the equivalent of eight Snowy Mountains Schemes in new infrastructure over the next decade. We are a great nation and now is our chance to be even better. We know that for some in the community this Budget will not ...

Regulation tops Australian business risk survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... sentiment continued to languish in 2013 and 2014 fuelled by predictions of a slowdown in economic growth over the next decade. Businesses are also concerned about global economic conditions, a risk that came in at number six, highlighting that Australian ...

Larry Fink pays tribute to Australian super system

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... structures, such as pension funds and insurance companies, are ideally suited to put money to work in yield oriented multi decade projects that provide current income and can act as a natural inflation hedge," he said. "Countries that get it right will ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) said that an increase in the pension age should be accompanied by measures to protect older Australians who are unable to work longer. The statement follows a speech by Treasurer Joe Hockey ...

Technology now about connectivity not just firepower

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Rapidly changing technology isn't a threat to financial services operators, it's just the continuation of long term trends that have always confronted the sector, said global financial services technology specialist Advent. Illustrating how far technology ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... largely along party lines, what isn't disputed is that age pension expenditure has increased at 11% pa during the past decade and is on track to reach $60 billion a year within a decade. Responding to this the previous ALP government has already put ...