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Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... financial advice bodies in a scathing open letter detailing the concerns raised by advisers at its recent inaugural conference. The UFAA said the top issue raised by advisers was that the AFA and the FPA failed to represent members' interests, despite ...

Growing uncertainty sees more advisers outsourcing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... "Already, planners are interacting with investment product providers through a wider range of channels than in 2018, with conference and webinar attendance growing rapidly," said Wang. "Faced with low yields and increasingly uncertain market conditions ...

Businesses warned to avoid dud funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... return, a big difference from the 9.8% provided by the best performers. Speaking at the Australian Payroll Association Conference is Sydney, executive director of research and compliance at Rainmaker Group, Alex Dunnin said as well as low returns Australians ...

Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... choice." However, Rainmaker research set to be presented later this week at the annual Australian Payroll Association conference shows the government's superannuation policy will ensure younger workers no longer subsidise insurance for older generations ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... planning and treating the sovereign wealth fund well in times of capital abundance, a Future Fund executive said at a conference in Melbourne yesterday. Speaking to the Australian Investment Council Conference in Melbourne yesterday, Future Fund deputy ...

Calls to give ASIC power to repair reputations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... suggest wrongdoing or giving of false evidence," Crutchfield said, speaking at the Turnaround Management Associated conference in Melbourne. "The reporting the next day of a person's name in association with damaging question or submission can have ...

Priced out: Advice affordability at risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... recent action taken by both AMP and MLC Wealth. Speaking at the recent Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference, AFA general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson argued the affordability of advice for ordinary Australians ...

Who foots the bill when super funds merge?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... REST chair Ken Marshman asked panelists involved in superannuation mergers at the Australian Superannuation Investment Conference yesterday. The panel discussed how mergers will impact the investment strategy of superannuation funds. The panelists included ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... performance as they recoup transition costs, according to a panel at the 2019 Australian Superannuation Investment Conference. Appearing on the panel, Tasplan chair Naomi Edwards said she has seen the fund go from $2.5 billion to just under $10 billion ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario's last hurrah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... term." This was what European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi told his audience (and the world) at his press conference straight after the ECB's last monetary policy meeting held on the July 25. Because, as he put it: "The risks surrounding ...