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Results of ASIC MDA review imminent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
The Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) has released its submission to ASIC as the regulator reviews managed accounts, with a special focus on managed discretionary accounts (MDAs). This comes ahead of the results of ASIC's review of ...

Technology coming for advice jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Rice Warner says technology is likely to forever alter how people expect to receive and pay for retirement advice. New insights from the research house suggest robo-advice is not the only channel through which the advice industry will be changed by ...

Calls for better drawdown rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Over the next decade the number of retired Australians over 65 is projected to grow from four million to seven million, sparking calls from Willis Towers Watson for better drawdown rules to ensure retirees aren't being too conservative with their ...

AMP launches fee calculator

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
AMP has launched a new fee calculator allowing financial advisers and clients to produce fee calculations for its MyNorth wrap platform. Through a web-based calculator, advisers and clients enter their intended investment amount in either their super ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Grattan's report arguing Aussies retire with enough and government should scrap increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% was "broadly consistent" with Treasury's own modelling, staff emails show. In November, Grattan said most workers ...

Super expert re-joins Mercer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
A former Mercer executive has returned to the firm after a brief stint leading superannuation consulting at Rice Warner. Tim Jenkins has been appointed partner in Mercer's institutional wealth division, just over six years after he left behind a ...

Investors must monitor social mood: Nikko

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Nikko investment director in global equities Iain Fulton says investors should be aware of the social mood and the social reputation the companies in their portfolios carry. At an investor briefing in Sydney, Fulton suggested investors look to the art ...

Super trustees must do better: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
APRA will soon need to have some difficult conversations with poorly performing superannuation funds, according to chair Wayne Byres. Speaking at a Gilbert + Tobin event in Sydney this week, Byres said the ability of the prudential regulator to hold ...

Intrust Super revamps robo-advice

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Intrust Super has relaunched its robo-advice offering, increasing the solution's speed while decreasing the user input requirements. Called Super Blueprint, the superannuation fund has upgraded the offering to simplify the digital advice experience ...

Thousands strike from work for climate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Today's global climate strike has resulted in 2568 Australian businesses giving their employees the day off to protest, including Australian Ethical, Future Super and IRESS. The protests,scheduled for September 20, are happening three days out from ...