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Wealth forecasting engine announces Infocus as first client

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
Non-aligned wealth manager Infocus is launching a direct-to-consumer financial advice solution in May that will incorporate Morningstar's wealth forecasting engine and investment management services from the Morningstar-owned Ibbotson Associates Australia. ...

Gender pay gap worsening: ACTU

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
With International Women's Day around the corner the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has renewed calls for the federal government to make gender inequality a priority. The ACTU's updated gender pay gap report shows 60% of women aged between ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
At the time of this writing, the A$ is fetching around US$0.7350 - after appreciating from US$0.7175 to US$0.7295 after the National Statistician released the Australian economy's scorecard that showed much higher growth than expected in the last quarter ...

Reducing concessional contribution caps would hurt: SMSFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said any political move to reduce the ability for people to make pre-tax superannuation contributions would unfairly hurt generations X and Y "who have not had the opportunity to build their superannuation ...

Parliament passes FoFA amendments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
Several key amendments to the Future of Financial Advice reforms have been passed by parliament. The Corporations Amendment (Financial Advice Measures) Bill will extend the time allowed for advisers to provide opt-in renewal notices and fee disclosure ...

ANZ Wealth alternatives head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
The head of alternative investments at ANZ Wealth will leave the company tomorrow. Simon Ford has managed ANZ Wealth's real estate, hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, credit, commodities and insurance investments for six years, having joined ...

UniSuper announces tax referrals as intra-fund advice grows

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
UniSuper has announced a referral partnership with tax specialist PKF Melbourne as visits to the fund's advice network have grown by 20% over the past 12 months. This partnership follows similar arrangements with estate planning specialists Mills Oakley ...

Joyce Phillips leaves in ANZ restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
ANZ has announced it is simplifying its wealth management business, with group executive wealth, marketing and innovation Joyce Phillips departing in the process. The group's full year 2015 results showed the Global Wealth division contributed 8% to ...

Women on boards tracking well: AMP Capital

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
AMP Capital is satisfied the cultural shift to increase gender diversity on Australian listed company boards is heading in the right direction but says the challenge is not complete. Releasing its latest corporate governance report AMP Capital said ...

Rising age pension costs unfair on young people: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
The cost of the age pension is growing so rapidly that it risks breaking Australia's intergenerational social contract, warns a new report. The report, 'The myths of the intergenerational bargain' by the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), says that ...