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FPA asks for tax deductible advice in budget submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Financial planning fees should be tax deductible to give Australians more incentives to seek advice, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said in its submission for the 2015/2016 Federal Budget. "It is up to policy makers and associations such as ...

LaSalle acquires Tokyo office complex

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... a total gross building area of 155,820 square metres and is currently 99.7% occupied. "The market continues to be very active in core investing in Tokyo, but it has proved challenging for investors to get access to prime, core office real estate. Therefore ...

Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Life insurance status quo must change and the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group should reconsider banning commissions from risk advice, Industry Superannuation Australia (ISA) said in its submission to the inquiry. ISA noted that the working group ...

Global appetite up, local confidence down

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Appetite for overseas assets has increased by 3% over the last nine months over concerns that the Australian economy will not record healthy growth in the next year, a Certitude Global Investment survey has found. The Certitude Global Investment Intentions ...

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... placed in workplace default funds have achieved better performance on average over the longer term than workers who made active choices about where to place these contributions, or were sold retail super funds by financial advisers," a newly-released ...

Suncorp tight-lipped on CEO departure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... that a successor will be appointed at the end of 2015. "As the Chairman has indicated, it is prudent that the Board has an active succession planning process and we will not comment further on any market speculation," a Suncorp spokesperson told Financial ...

Industry fund brands stronger than retail

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... funds across all brand aspects, particularly on perceptions of Value - a critical switching driver for those making an active choice of super fund. The study also found that super funds that scored well across the Value attributes tended to have higher ...

Centuria partners with Mason Stevens to deliver credit bond

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Centuria Life has partnered with Mason Stevens to add a bespoke credit bond to its Tax Astute product suite. The underlying asset in the credit bond is the Mason Stevens Credit Fund, which is an actively-managed fixed income fund comprised of government ...

VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... said. Grant Samuel formed a distribution relationship with P&R in 2011 and McKinnon said that the new strategy "relies on active management by an experienced fixed interest investment team to take advantage of changing market environments and value opportunities." ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... value of the Australian dollar, Eslake said that "the RBA is not going to cut the cash rate this year, but it will be as active as they have been in the money market last year." Despite the growing number of analysts that expect the Reserve Bank of Australia ...