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KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... state taxes and member tax issues," the report said. "An array of other tax matters remain which can act as potential impediments to mergers and industry consolidation, including limited tax relief for merger expenses to closing funds, Qualified Person ...

Are managed accounts living up to the hype?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... reduced?" Bevan asked. Younger said as a licensee he is on the fence about whether they are. "There are still a number of impediments to implementing a managed accounts solution today," he said. He explained there is some reticence to introduce a managed ...

ASIC reviewing risk advice, pushes for scaled advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... to meet consumer demand. The regulator will be releasing a consultation paper later in the year to understand the impediments advisers face in providing affordable limited advice. The consultation comes as ASIC undertook work to hear what consumers wanted ...

Productivity Commission pushes for superannuation scale benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... translated to lower fees charged to members. This could signal a lack of competitive pressure on funds to reduce costs, or impediments to gaining scale that could contribute to inefficiency, the report said. Modelling over the period shows the majority ...

The next generation of adviser and client

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... more important to the wealth management industry. "Redressing gender imbalance, therefore, and removing structural impediments to women's career development and progress is not a way to appease women employees; it's vital to advisory firm survival and ...

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
The proliferation of financial stress across the Australian population is at its height and yet so many impediments to gaining quality financial advice remain. This is the key driver behind Association of Financial Advisers' president and Noall ...

Government shows commitment to funds management

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... IMR reforms attract foreign investment to Australia and promote the use of Australian fund managers by removing tax impediments to investing in Australia." The response will be in the form of consultations on whether a legislative management is required. ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... authorities attach to maintaining robust growth will result in sustained policy stimulus, given the growing structural impediments to achieving current growth targets. Such stimulus will contribute to rising debt across the economy as a whole." Boyoboyoboy! ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... asked about perceived barriers to receiving advice, 63% of respondents cited the cost of advice as one of the key impediments. "Without appropriate disclosure under commission-based distribution models, costs are usually completely opaque to consumers ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... non-sensitive parts of the Australian economy. AVCAL is also calling for the federal government to remove regulatory impediments to Australian superannuation funds investing more capital into high-growth Australian businesses through private equity and ...