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Fox urges advisers to become professionals

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Professionalism, trust, and gaining public confidence were the key takeaway messages from AFA chief executive Brad Fox at this year's Genxt Connect Tour. Speaking to a crowded Sydney ballroom, Fox plead financial advisers to take the financial standards ...

BNY Mellon secures former PM Capital head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
PM Capital's former head of distribution has moved to an adviser-focused role with an investment management subsidiary of BNY Mellon. Insight Investment, which reported assets under management of about $700 billion in 2016, has appointed Rob Thompson ...

CBA caught out on unpaid super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
CBA could be forced to back pay millions in unpaid superannuation to at least 7000 employees. The Finance Sector Union of Australia has revealed the bank has failed to pay part-time staff members their full 9.5% superannuation guarantee entitlements ...

Super must continue excellence path: O'Dwyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
The superannuation system must be the best it can possibly be to ensure that every Australian is confident in controlling their own destiny. That was the overarching theme of Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer's address to the ...

Workers missing out on $147m in super: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Less than one in ten Australians are aware of the $450 superannuation guarantee threshold according to new research from REST Industry Super. The Future of Work, a whitepaper commissioned by REST to understand the different expectations of employers ...

Unadvised SMSFs ripe for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
About 60% of Australia's SMSFs consider themselves to be unadvised, instead receiving their education around incoming super reforms from news and social media platforms. This is a key finding of new research from the SMSF Association and Commonwealth ...

Couples can benefit more than singles in SMSFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
This Valentine's Day, as you stare across the table at your loved one, you may want to ask if they're ready to join you in a self-managed superannuation fund. It may not sound as exciting as buying a house together or signing up for a joint bank account ...

Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Australian women's expectation of a well-paid job earns $14,000 less a year than that of a man's. Research commissioned by NAB shows Australian men consider a salary of $127,271 as being well-paid, yet their female counterparts are happy to settle for ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Guess it isn't over till it's over folks! Trump and what he'll do next continue to dominate the headlines and Twitter-verse. So much so that only few gave a hoo-ha to central bank monetary policy announcements - the BOJ, the Fed, and the BOE met in ...

Look offshore for income: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
Australia's yield appetite will no longer be sated by income-oriented portfolios that invest solely in domestic assets. A new paper from State Street Global Advisors' SPDR ETF business argues that because of low interest rates and the heavy sector concentration ...