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Banks, ASIC still at war over fees-for-no-service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
ASIC's fee-for-no-service report card shows the regulator and some financial advice licensees still have fundamentally different views on what constitutes a fee-worthy service. ASIC's fees-for-no-service further review report card has shone light on ...

Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
The vast majority of Australian funds failed to outperform respective benchmarks in 2018 and recorded relatively poor performance compared to the prior year. This is according to the latest S&P Dow Jones Indices' SPIVA Australia Scorecard, which showed ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... (ASX: STW) was the most traded ETF in the period, followed by iShares S&P 500 (ASX: IVV), Vanguard Australian shares (ASX: VAS), BetaShares NASDAQ 100 (ASX:NDQ) and Vanguard US total market (ASX: VAS). Total trading value for ETFs rose 11.4% in the second ...

Financial advisers evolving as wealth managers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
Financial planners are increasingly repositioning themselves as asset allocators instead of stock pickers, according to Investment Trends. The research firm's survey of nearly 1000 financial planners and stockbrokers found about one in four (25%) ...

Legalsuper renews admin contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Legalsuper reappointed Link Group as its fund administrator, extending the 15-year partnership. Link will service legalsuper's 44,000 members for five years with the potential for a subsequent two-year term. Legalsuper's chief executive Andrew ...

Investment manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
A former NAB associate director of institutional banking has been appointed the chief executive at Melbourne-based IPO Wealth. Ewan Laughlin has about 28 years of experience across institutional banking and corporate finance. In his most recent role ...

Labor reforms to increase welfare dependency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
Labor's proposed franking credit reforms will substantially impact the income of more than one million Australians, forcing them to seek welfare. In an address yesterday, Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System chair Deborah Ralston said the vast majority ...

Minimum SMSF balance misleading: SuperConcepts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
The Productivity Commission's proposed minimum balance for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) is "way off", according to SuperConcepts. Despite it being half the balance the commission recommended in its interim report, SuperConcepts believes ...

AFA explains stance on grandfathered commissions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers has shed further light on its opposition to end grandfathered commissions, outlining considerations the financial services Royal Commission did not address in public hearings. Speaking to Financial Standard on Thursday ...

New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
Two new joint ventures and an innovative study hub aim to help financial advisers overcome the challenges they face in the wake of the Royal Commission, meeting new education standards and the growing demand for aged care advice. knowITdigital is looking ...