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Centrepoint in talks to build ex-insto advice network

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... de Zwart continued. "What they are looking for is both security and support. They don't want to be in a relationship with a big product-driven institution.A Rather, they want the scale and expertise of a partner focussed on providing the best advice ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
David Murray, chair of the Financial System Inquiry, has stirred the debate around super board independence, saying it has deteriorated into a "set of silly suggestions." In his final FSI report, Murray recommended that super funds appoint a majority ...

Scrapping dividend imputation costly for retirees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Removing or changing dividend imputation might be a revenue fix for the federal government but it will have long-term effects on Australians' retirement savings. This is the belief held by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... a strong Australian open (no, not the tennis) to the bank, more so that investors seemed to have ridden themselves of the big four banks' - ANZ, CBA, NAB, WBC - capital raising spooks of last week. Even more so that commodity prices of most variety have ...

Kinetic Super hires head of product

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... relevant, particularly to the younger demographic. "We're leveraging new approaches and ways of thinking to help us identify the big opportunities to solve member problems better. We're adopting lean start up methodology in our new innovation lab to ...

Philanthropists donate $6.2m through Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... not-for-profits to create long-lasting community impact. The recipients of the grants are Berry Street Victoria ($765,430), Big hART ($784,000), Justice Connect ($960,000), National Stroke Foundation ($1,000,000), Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia ...

Executive appointment round-up

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
LUCRF Super head of investments is leaving and J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed a chief executive of Asia Pacific, global investment management. These are among the list of the biggest industry moves this week. UniSuper appoints legal specialists ...

Fitzpatricks growth burst all part of the plan

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Recent high-profile adviser recruitments at Fitzpatricks Private Wealth are part of a "steady growth rate at a bigger scale," according to chief executive John Woodley. The past month has seen IOOF-aligned Main Street Financial Solutions and former ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... those times when the Fed's rate hikes plunge the economy into a recession. The timing of the first Fed rate hike isn't that big of a deal - Yellen told us so - what matters more is the speed and depth of subsequent ones. And here, Janet assured us that ...

Suncorp Life super channel leads profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
Suncorp has posted the full-year results for its life division, with its superannuation channel seeing the biggest in-force growth: 23.4% on the previous 12 months to $496 million. Suncorp said this was because of "strong growth in sales in both WealthSmart ...