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Industry still shy of flat dollar fees: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A report from Frontier Advisors suggests superannuation funds and investment managers are still not comfortable with flat dollar fees. The report, titled 'Managing costs and aligning interests: A decade on', written by director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Countdown to FPA Congress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... financial planners would be most interested in. Taking into account the context in which the Congress is taking place, the focus of the event program is split evenly between technical expertise and soft skills. It's all about getting back to basics and ...

Brian Hartzer steps down from Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... Group chair Lindsay Maxsted said King has had a "long and distinguished career at Westpac." "The board has asked [King] to focus on two immediate priorities: to implement the Westpac Response Plan and to continue to execute the group's broader strategy," ...

Local Government Super welcomes new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... evolution, a trusted brand, and history of providing members with strong, consistent and sustainable investment outcomes. This focus on member outcomes and leadership in sustainability are important to me. In a time of great change for all superannuation ...

Morningstar to cease in-house credit research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... equity and credit research Adam Fleck has led credit research, with associate analyst Shaun Ler. Ler will now shift his focus to equities research, where Morningstar has 13 analysts and three associates.

Life risk insurance not profitable: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... companies are impacting the expense line and investment budgets and, understandably, require a lot of management and board focus," Kells said. "The macro overlay of an uncertain economic environment - with implications on both sides of the balance sheet ...

Complexity equals risk: IOOF chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... But where I completely agree with you is that complexity equals risk and cost. "I think as an industry - and certainly our focus has been - we want to remove that complexity from our own business, to ensure that we have a greater clarity about what we're ...

Aviva restructures, plans new retirement focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
Aviva has announced a global restructure that will see the group split into five separate divisions, including the creation of a new retirement business. Announced yesterday, Aviva has reviewed its operations and is now simplifying its structure with ...

How personality tests add value in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... goes on and on," Goldberg explained. "It makes sense that the things that are the hardest for us are the things we really focus on, and that's why when people ask us to sum up who we are those qualities that are actually our weakest suit." Sarah ...

Underperformers should not be allowed new members: Silk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... fund's members." Asked of the benefit to Australia of having super funds invest in the nation's infrastructure, Silk said the focus was first and foremost on how to benefit members. If the fund can also help grow the economy through investments in domestic ...