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AustralianSuper rules out SMSF options

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... SMSFs last year," AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk said at the sidelines of an ETF conference at ASX in Sydney yesterday. Silk also ruled out switching its MySuper product from single strategy to lifestage. "We have looked at lifestages...but ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... have any your share price goes up on average 12% per annum," managing director Don Hamson said at a briefing in Sydney yesterday "If you've got six or more, it's the other extreme, you go down by about 15%." Hamson explained that a recent example of ...

Financial Wisdom to shut down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... Count Financial was overwhelmingly supported by CountPlus shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney yesterday. The vote to acquire the business saw 99.76% in favour of the decision. The $2.5 million transaction is now expected to be ...

Superannuation reforms underway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... the retirement system and ultimately improve outcomes for members. Speaking at the Bloomberg Buy-Side Forum in Sydney yesterday morning, the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology reinforced the Federal Government's ...

Culture isn't everything: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... resolute in the face of remuneration incentives. Addressing the Governance Institute's Risk Management Forum in Sydney yesterday, Price warned companies that ensuring the behaviour of employees required a more holistic approach than embedding a strong ...

Impact investing an advice opportunity: Expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... advisers with an opportunity to engage people who might deem investing to be too complex for them. Speaking in Sydney yesterday, WHEB Asset Management managing partner George Latham said impact investing is an avenue for financial advisers to connect ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... believe unlisted assets lack transparency and are illiquid, growth investments. At the Sunsuper Adviser Roadshow in Sydney yesterday, an audience of advisers was informally polled on their thoughts about alternative, unlisted assets. About 50 advisers ...

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... Lively discussion broke out during the first Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum for 2019 in Sydney yesterday, with the consensus being financial advisers must be across which products are exempt from means testing. Challenger head ...

Industry funds wary of stapling default members

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... default superannuation account over their lifetime doesn't get a complete green tick from industry funds. Visiting Sydney yesterday, Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean said stapling is not the solution to the problem of multiple accounts. ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... "Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019" last week. "Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney yesterday, DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities, Sean Taylor, said Asia's debt-to-equity ...