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Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The fight over commissions on investment products and superannuation is over. Advisers must stop debating over them and switch their focus to influencing their future. Opening the 2010 AFA annual conference in front of a packed auditorium with almost ...

All cashed up and ready to pounce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... February this year found t hat more than one third of survey respondents holdover 50 per cent of their SMSF investments in cash. Alex Twigg, general manager Ubank, said that cash is a respite but also a "launch pad for acquisition". Many SMSFs that are ...

Patron signs IOOF Pursuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
Patron Financial Advice has renewed its contract with IOOF's Pursuit platform. Patron chose to renew the deal with IOOF due to the platform provider's transparent administration fee structure, it said in a statement. "Pursuit's pricing structure, in ...

Treasury rebuffs MySuper critics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
A major speech given by senior Treasury officials shows how critics of MySuper are missing the point that there is a fundamental shift taking place in how policymakers believe the industry should factor in behavioral economics. David Gruen, who was ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
The superannuation preservation age should be aligned with pension age and more means testing of benefits will be needed to contain superannuation costs, the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation (DoFD) has told the incoming government. ...

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Australia can't afford the rising and inequitable cost of superannuation tax concessions, said Treasury in its Red Book briefing to the returned ALP government. Each election, Treasury prepares a briefing folder for both the government should they be ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... parliamentary tactics now are, not just for the government but also for the superannuation and wealth management sector. Alex Dunnin writes the Brumbie column in the print edition of Financial Standard.

Netwealth expands distribution

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Platform and financial services provider netwealth Investments has appointed a former national HNW manager at Credit Suisse, Alexander Ordon, as senior distribution manager for the northern region. Besides Ordon, netwealth said it plans to make further ...

More aid for small licensees

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will run its inaugural Small Licensee Practice Principal Conference next month to signal its additional support for financial advisers that run small and independent practices. The conference will be held ...

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Australian financial planners can learn from their UK counterparts on socially responsible investing - as British planners, not pension funds, lead the way in ESG issues, according to an expert. Alexis Krajeski, associate director governance & sustainable ...