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Beneficiaries unfamiliar with death benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
A large number of death benefit complaints could be avoided if trustees communicate to members and beneficiaries proper internal dispute resolution processes. This is particularly true when it comes to death benefits, according to the Superannuation ...

Pengana hires Morningstar manager ahead of merger vote

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
Pengana Capital has appointed a new regional distribution manager for Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, ahead of its proposed merger with Hunter Hall. Guy Callaghan joins Pengana from Morningstar, where he was a regional business ...

Voting opens for MAX Awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
One hundred finalists across 20 categories will represent leading financial services marketing, advertising and sales professionals at the 2017 Financial Standard MAX Awards. As voted by Financial Standard's readership, the 2017 Marketing, Advertising ...

AUSTRAC launches tool to help advisers fight terrorism

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
Financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC is releasing a guide to help financial advisers combat serious financial crimes, including financing for terrorism. The guide follows on from the report AUSTRAC released in December last year which determined there ...

Sunsuper puts adviser trust front and centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
When it comes to offering advice and helping people achieve financial goals, trust is the game changer according to $40 billion super fund Sunsuper. At an exclusive adviser workshop in Brisbane, Sunsuper's head of advice and retail distribution Anne ...

The romantic side of life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
A recent advertising campaign from ANZ may have assisted financial advisers in making a dent in Australia's burgeoning underinsurance problem. Recently promoting its life insurance offering as 'love insurance', ANZ flipped the traditional insurance ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
As the band 'Chicago' would sing, it would be "baby, what a big surprise, right before my very eyes" if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shifts - up or down - monetary policy settings when it meets today. No rate cut is in the cards this afternoon ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
The rise of protectionism in the US and UK means Australian investors should consider increasing investment in Asia's emerging markets. The latest report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) shows Australian investors concerned ...

Ellerston and Coombe buy Austock stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Superannuation reform is driving the formation of a strategic relationship between Austock and a specialist investment manager, as well as the appointment of a new director to Austock's board. Ellerston Capital has entered into a subscription agreement ...

Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Federal treasurer Scott Morrison is laying the groundwork for a boost in national infrastructure investment after unveiling changes to the way government debt is reported. In his final pre-budget speech, delivered to the Australian Business Economists ...