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ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
ASIC is set to review banking and financial literacy programs in Australian primary schools, including Commonwealth Bank's recently criticised Dollarmites program. ASIC said school banking programs are supposed to educate young Australians about the ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
Financial markets remain in a state of flux as investors' chills appear to be multiplying on growing concerns over: Wall Street's heightened volatility, Fed rate rises and the risk of a policy mistake, Trump's protectionist policy, China's ...

SMSFs most affordable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Self-managed super funds continue to have the lowest fees across all superannuation vehicles, charging an average total expense ratio of 0.82%, latest Rainmaker Research shows. The 2018 Rainmaker Fee Study, which analysed more than 2500 fee options ...

BTFG expands tobacco divestment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
BT Financial Group is expanding its divestment from tobacco and controversial weapons. The firm is extending its ESG exclusion framework to investment mandates for internally managed investments, saying customers demand sustainable investing that aligns ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but Trump's continued criticisms wouldn't hurt me! US President Donald Trump has blamed the Fed for sparking the recent sell-off on Wall Street as well as threatening to undo the "good" for the economy that ...

Firetrail calls off $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The former Macquarie stock pickers have hit the brakes on a LIC based on their absolute return strategy after a few investors lapped up most of the raise. Firetrail Investments had raised "well over" $100 million when management and board decided the ...

Former AustralianSuper risk boss joins AMP super boards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
A former head of risk management at AustralianSuper has joined the boards responsible for the governance of AMP's superannuation funds. Tony Brain will link with AMP to help govern its suite of superannuation funds, adding more than 30 years of experience ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
Financial advisers have been provided with a simple checklist to employ when considering recommending a self-managed superannuation fund to clients. Australian Financial Complaints Authority lead ombudsman - superannuation, June Smith reinforced the ...

Gender super gap closing but still wide

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
In the last decade, women have narrowed the superannuation gender gap by about 13 percentage points, but they still have only 72% of what men have in their nest eggs. According to Roy Morgan, women had $68,000 on an average in their superannuation balance ...

Ban Dollarmites: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
Banks should be banned from pedalling financial products in schools, Financial Standard's latest spot poll shows. More than half (53%) of readers agree that CBA's Dollarmites program and any other financial products promoted in schools by financial ...