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Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
The family home should be brought into the pension income test by requiring home-owning pensioners to take out a reverse mortgage, says the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) in a new report. While it's unlikely the government will take the advice ...

BetaShares US equity ETF rated

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... strategy was commended for seeking to address unintentional biases inherent in market cap indices. BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said the rating highlighted the effectiveness of the fundamental indexing methodology, which had already proved ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the clock is ticking for the industry to implement the recommendations in the Trowbridge report. Alex Burke investigates what that might mean for risk advice. "It is up to the industry now to restore public confidence before ...

Buffett insurer gains Australia licence

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Warren Buffett-owned global speciality insurer Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has received its licence to provide insurance to the Australian market. BHSI will commence Australia operations immediately in its Sydney office and has appointed ...

Retirement income sector keeps pace with population changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Total assets held in the retirement income sector are projected to reach $1 trillion by 2024, according to research by DEXX&R. In line with the Intergenerational Report's estimate that the proportion of Australians aged 65 and over will double in the ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Six years after US financial regulatory mismanagement triggered the GFC, US policy makers are still debating how the US regulatory system should be restructured. The Volcker Alliance, a non-partisan regulatory think tank comprising former senior regulators ...

ISA urges government to keep super safety net

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Industry Super Australia has called for the super safety net to be retained, arguing that scrapping it would collectively cost employers $1.8 billion. Dropping the safety net would allow retail MySuper funds to compete in the default superannuation ...

Investec acquires Sydney warehouse

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Investec Australia Property Fund has acquired a $19.17 million industrial warehouse in Glendenning, Sydney. The 16,461-square metre property is leased to McAlpine Hussman, a supermarket refrigerator display case manufacturer. The lease expires four ...

AFA calls for adviser leadership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox has said that advisers and licensees should take leadership roles in "pre-empting" life insurance reforms. Signalling the controversial Trowbridge Report as being the catalyst for self-directed ...

Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
BT-owned Advance Asset Management's head of strategy and research Felix Stephen will leave the company on April 30. In addition to his 11 years at Advance, Stephen has broad experience across the banking and financial services sectors, having held roles ...