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SMSFs no influence on housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017

... $6.7 trillion residential property market. "SMSF property purchases are just too small a part of the market to be having a big impact," Class chief executive Kevin Bungard said. Overall about 73% of SMSFs have no direct exposure to property assets at ...

Association and regulator join forces for industry benefit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017

Marking an Australian first, the SMSF Association announced a strategic partnership with one of the biggest financial services regulators. The association has entered a three-year strategic partnership with the Australian Tax Office to ensure effective ...

Unadvised SMSFs ripe for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017

About 60% of Australia's SMSFs consider themselves to be unadvised, instead receiving their education around incoming super reforms from news and social media platforms. This is a key finding of new research from the SMSF Association and Commonwealth ...

IOOF profits slide across all key businesses

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017

IOOF reported declining profits across all key segments in 1H17, contributing to an overall 45% slide in statutory profit down to $74 million. The group's platform management and administration business took the biggest hit to underlying profit, falling ...

Distrust is super's biggest challenge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017

The biggest challenge facing the superannuation system is the distrust millennials have in the financial services industry at large following years of scrutiny. New research from Vanguard comparing the retirement savings systems of Australia, the UK ...

APRA urges banks to raise capital

EMMA RAPAPORT | MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017

... for 2017, including their main policy item of implementing the first recommendation of the Financial System Inquiry; forcing big banks to raise more capital. Byres noted while APRA had been holding off until the work in Basel on the bank capital regime ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017

Guess it isn't over till it's over folks! Trump and what he'll do next continue to dominate the headlines and Twitter-verse. So much so that only few gave a hoo-ha to central bank monetary policy announcements - the BOJ, the Fed, and the BOE met in ...

Margin lending investors keen to borrow more

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017

Margin lending investors are voicing stronger intent to borrow more through their margin loans, indicating the group is becoming savvier as risk managers. The positivity comes amidst an industry-wide surge in attention to risk management, according ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017

As expected, and following the lead from the three big central banks - BOJ, Fed, BOE - that met last week, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global ...

Financial advisers losing communication battle

EMMA RAPAPORT | MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017

... benefits into their own practice. Kapoor also identified the changing nature of the regulatory environments as one of the big trends to watch globally. Kapoor first joined Morningstar in 1997 as a data analyst, and has been president since October 2015. ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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