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Dealer group strengthens executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... firm's end-to-end advice and business services offering provided to licensed and self-licensed advisers. A highly skilled technical advice leader, Anderson has also previously held senior roles with IOOF and SuperIQ. "We are excited to have Kate ...

Shock win leaves investors worse off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... win, some began treating the opposition's key policy as "a done deal", according to SuperConcepts executive manager technical and strategic services Phil La Greca. He says the behaviour of advisers and investors defied the legislative process. "Advisers ...

Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... welcomed the surprise Coalition victory, and for many it was business as usual. SuperConcepts executive manager SMSF technical and private wealth Graeme Colley said many Australians would be feeling more relaxed about their superannuation after the election. ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... per cent over both 2019 and 2020... It is worth pointing out that when preparing these forecasts, we used our normal technical assumption that interest rates would move broadly in line with market pricing," he said. "At the time the forecasts were prepared ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... first board appointment. EY and the 30% Club found consensus amongst respondents that an executive career develops the technical skills, reputation and commercial exposure required to add value to a board. The research discovered search consultants are ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... chair Powell stressed the decision to trim the interest rate on excess reserves (IOER) to 2.35% from 2.4% was just a "technical adjustment" intended to keep the Fed funds rate within its current target range and "does not reflect any shift in the intended ...

Admin change leaves super fund members in the dark

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... $15 billion superannuation fund announced it was switching administrators, members have been left in the lurch with technical difficulties. Members of CareSuper have not been able to log into accounts, change options, turn insurance on or off or even ...

Super tax strategies a hot topic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
AMP's technical superannuation adviser support team saw a rise in the number of advisers querying tax deductions for personal superannuation contributions last month. Data from more than 2090 calls made by advisers last month showed more clients were ...

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
Lively discussion broke out during the first Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum for 2019 in Sydney yesterday, with the consensus being financial advisers must be across which products are exempt from means testing. Challenger head ...

Chief economist update: Rosy assumptions a Budget surplus make

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
"The Budget is back in the black and Australia is back on track." That's how Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg opened his Budget 2019-20 speech delivered last night. Well, technically we all will have to wait until next fiscal year for the underlying ...