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Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... than men and receive only one-third of the government tax concessions on super, while men receive the other two-thirds. The huge super gender disparity has urged WIS to lobby the government for new superannuation policy proposals that will close this ...

Update on FASEA code guidance on the way

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... what we do, we don't have other functions." "We've managed," Glenfield said of FASEA's funding. "It's not a huge regulator with a great big budget but we operate within the bounds of the budget and to date we have demonstrated an ability ...

Planners heed SMSF risk warning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... things we're seeing at the moment include cases where there's no strategy, we see 0-100, we see funds that will cause huge problems if the property devalues and there's no capacity for contributions to cover shortfall - the list goes on," ...

CountPlus expands network

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... match the CountPlus family photograph." He added that he believes the convergence of accounting and financial advice holds huge potential.

Waiting periods cost 214% on premiums: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... waiting period. If you actually choose to have 90-day waiting periods your premiums can be two thirds less. That's a huge difference in terms of the premium for the cover you are paying, especially if you take out insurance for many years." Ross ...

Platform hires former Netwealth distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... has been bolstered by recent market trends, with inflows increasing on the back of adviser migration. "We're seeing a huge amount of funds under management migrating from the big bank platforms as financial advisers continue to leave those groups," ...

BDM pay healthy despite headwinds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
New insights on the salaries of business development managers reveal they can expect to take home healthy pay packets despite the Royal Commission reducing demand. Research from Kaizen Recruitment on BDM salaries in the financial services industry has ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... change in the case, instead viewing it as a public interest case. "When those climate change effects hit it is going to have a huge impact on everyone's super. It's a public interest case and that's what I'm interested in," McVeigh says. Barnden adds ...

Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... licences lost advisers Synchron's adviser count grew from 505 to 528. Shaw and Partners Financial Planning also experienced huge growth in the period, more than tripling its headcount from five advisers to 36. At the other end of the spectrum, Bendigo ...

Growing advice group in commissions fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... lower life insurance commissions paid to advisers, while at the same time increasing fees and costs to consumers, despite the huge windfall in revenue they retained when paying lower remuneration to advisers." He added that most of the industry reforms ...