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Grow Super signs first admin client

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... the new administration services business. GigSuper announced its plans to launch in 2017, targeting self-employed Australians. As at April 2019, it hadn't launched a product - similar to other new entrants Tomorrow Super, Sprout Super and Kogan Super ...

Most complained about super funds revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
Analysis of AFCA complaints data regarding the most complained about superannuation funds in the body's first eight months of operation shows an almost even split between industry and retail funds. AFCA started operating on 1 November 2018 and data ...

OneVue takes control of Madison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... businesses, carefully selected based on mutual values, beliefs and aspirations when it comes to providing advice to Australians. Our focus is on contributing with courage and conviction in building a profession we are all proud of," she said. According ...

AustralianSuper, QIC back investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
Representatives of AustralianSuper and QIC are set to join the board of a US investment manager following significant investments by both parties. Generate Capital, an investment and operating platform for distributed sustainable infrastructure, has ...

Calls for review of advice regulation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... professional bodies have a shared goal to build a broader and robust solution that will enable both businesses and Australians to not only access the advice they need but to fully understand that advice," the submission reads.

Climate risk should be integral to business: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... Governance Institute of Australia. Governance Institute chief executive Megan Motto said it found that nine in 10 Australians want governments and organisations to take action on climate change. "With stakeholders more focused than ever before on climate ...

Pro-bono advice program for bushfire affected launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... collaborative response from the FPA and AFA to support communities impacted by the recent bushfire crisis. Impacted Australians who are eligible for assistance will be matched with a financial adviser. The amount of assistance provided under this program ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... idea that was driving weak consumption. "While the Reserve Bank's decisions reminded people of what is going on, Australians were already adjusting their spending to the reality of a combination of subdued wages growth, the fall in housing prices ...

Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... changes will add significantly to the cost of providing financial advice and ultimately this will impact everyday Australians who will be priced out of the market. Business models will need to change, that will inevitably flow through to costs." And ...

Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... submission to the government's review of the retirement income system, KPMG highlights how the current system for Australians to save for their retirement exacerbates the economic inequality between men and women. Drawing on a series of proposals put ...