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Worried parents prefer banks over stocks: Stockspot

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
Parents who are worried about housing affordability and their children's financial futures are choosing bank accounts over share investment portfolios as the preferred savings vehicle. A Stockspot report found 85% of parents worry their children will ...

Banks hoping to stall new tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
Two of the big four banks have called for the Government to hold off on implementing the proposed levy announced in last week's Federal Budget. In submissions to Treasury, both ANZ and Commonwealth Bank identify significant risks to Australia's economic ...

Industry fund appoints two directors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
An industry superannuation fund appointed two directors to its board, continuing its customer-centred focus on strategy, innovation and technology. Deirdre Wroth, a banking and wealth management executive with 28 years of experience, has been appointed ...

TH Real Estate expands Australian operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
Global real estate investment manager TH Real Estate is expanding its Australian footprint by creating a new investment analyst role. Based in Sydney, Lisa Peng joins as an investment analyst responsible for research and financial analysis across the ...

Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
Chronic underspending in infrastructure and consistent population growth has resulted in a dire need for investment portfolios to fund the provision of essential services to communities. Speaking at a Bennelong adviser event in Sydney last week, 4D ...

Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Boutique investment manager Sandon Capital Investments added a new member to its board. The value investor replaced non-executive director Paul Jensen with lawyer Peter Velez. Velez has 28 years' experience in corporate law specialising in equity capital ...

AZ NGA edges on $5bn with next acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
AZ Next Generation Advisory's acquisition of a Cairns-based financial advice practice brings the firm's total assets under management to about $5 billion. The binding purchase agreement with Menico Tuck Parrish Financial Services (MTPFS), established ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
In the wake of new Budget measures to ease pressures on housing affordability, the Financial Planning Association of Australia reinforced its stance that superannuation should not be made accessible to first home buyers. Under proposals made in the ...

Government puts stopper on Future Fund drawdowns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The Federal Government has said drawdowns from the Future Fund will not commence in 2020-21 in order to preserve returns. As per the Future Fund Act 2006, drawdowns from the Future Fund were expected to commence at this point to meet the unfunded liabilities ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison's expansionary second budget, bankrolled by government receipts rising more than 6% per annum compared to expenditure rising by 4% per annum, sets Australia on the road towards a surplus by 2020 but one supported by record Commonwealth ...