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Advisers face tax registration risk

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
About one-fifth of financial advisers are at risk of being unable to legally charge for the tax advice they provide according to the Tax Practitioners Board. Data released by the board yesterday shows that of the 1100 renewal reminder emails sent to ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
Love him or loathe him, Donald Trump remains the stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and ...

Emerging infrastructure funds struggling: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
Emerging unlisted infrastructure fund managers are struggling to raise funds, and as many as 15 funds globally reached a final close in the year to August, according to alternative assets researcher Preqin. The number of active emerging funds dropped ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The widely-used SPIVA scorecard, prepared semi-annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices, once again suggests the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over the 12 months to 30 June 2017. Describing itself as the ...

NAB Financial Planning announces key hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
NAB Financial Planning is expanding its leadership team, recruiting senior managers from ANZ Wealth and AMP New Zealand. As per its national strategy to increase customer-centricity, NAB FP has appointed two general managers to lead its NSW/ACT and ...

Physical health inspires financial health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
Financial advisers looking to attract new business should look to the local golf course with research showing golfers are most likely to seek financial advice. The latest study from AMP reveals golfers (57%) and cricketers (51%) are more inclined to ...

Multi-member SMSFs shun risky investments: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
The greater the number of members in a self-managed superannuation fund, the more risk averse they become, according to latest research. A joint report from SuperConcepts and the University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services reveals ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
Shareholders attempting to take the Commonwealth Bank to the Federal Court for historically failing to disclose climate change risks in its annual reports have withdrawn the claim. Legal correspondence between social justice group Environmental Justice ...

Untouched super sits at $18 billion: ATO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Some of Sydney's blue-chip suburbs are among the top postcodes missing out on $18 billion in unclaimed superannuation. Latest figures from the Australian Taxation Office show more than 6.3 million lost and ATO-held super accounts, with $14.12 billion ...

Lazy LIF planning means advice businesses at risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
With four months to go the majority of risk advisers are still not prepared for impending changes to remuneration to be brought by the Life Insurance Framework taking effect in January 2018. A study of 200 risk advisers commissioned by Zurich found ...