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New MySuper outcomes tool set for release

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... said. "It's much more interactive than anything before it, including the heat map. We know that there is considerable interest in government and at a political level on this." The tool will be available under a trial period, with feedback set to ...

SMSF data misleading: BGL

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... analysis has ascertained that ASIC's calculation of the average cost of running an SMSF includes Australian and overseas interest, insurance premiums, forestry managed scheme expenses, investment expenses and something called 'other amounts' - these ...

BlackRock appoints new chief operating officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
BlackRock Australia has appointed a new chief operating officer and created a new head of public policy role. BlackRock has confirmed Shane Flatman is vacating the role of chief operating officer of the Australian business. He has held the position ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... led to the rising adoption of managed investment products." Choi said both listed and unlisted managed funds were of interest to Aussie investors. "Across the range of managed investments, Australian investors currently allocate the largest proportion ...

ASIC bans former Godfrey Pembroke adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
A financial adviser who recommended his clients invest in a start-up company which crumbled a year later has been banned from the financial services industry for six years. Adelaide-based financial adviser Adrian John Cassidy has been banned from providing ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... end-2020; and 1.9% by the last quarter of 2021. So if financial markets want to play this game, not only will the RBA not cut interest rates in February but also in 2020 and 2021 - based on the most recent actual inflation reading. It is close enough ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... greatest appreciation in house prices has occurred over the past 20 years, a period of time that has coincided with falling interest rates and low inflation." Generation X, those born in 1970, also have made massive gains from their first property investment. ...

FPA calls for axe to fall on stamping fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
The peak body for financial planners has moved to reiterate its stance against non-client directed fees in financial advice, as consultation opens into the government's review of stamping fees. The Financial Planning Association of Australia has welcomed ...

Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... Standard 3 in the Code of Ethics, "you must not advise, refer or act in any other manner where you have a conflict of interest or duty", appears to be the source of some confusion on the issue. However, a spokesperson for FASEA reiterated that the code ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... ECB president - provided little excitement. It's steady as it was... The ECB kept monetary policy unchanged. "The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will ...