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Kelly O'Dwyer to leave parliament

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Commission's findings, the former Minister for Revenue and Financial Services could yet wield further influence over the wealth industry in her role as Industrial Relations Minister, given the Productivity Commission's recommendation to create a best ...

ASIC and Westpac court battle sees mixed outcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 JAN 2019
... without having to pay for comprehensive personal advice and that this would stand as an important test case for the wealth industry.

PractiFI opens US office

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... commented: "PractiFI helps drive a new, customer-oriented approach to the delivery of financial advice. With the wealth industry undergoing significant regulatory and structural change, we see PractiFI becoming the preferred platform for a new generation ...

Royal Commission to drive independent advice market: GlobalData

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... worsening the industry's current talent crunch. "As the Royal Commission is bound to reveal further failings, the wealth industry, which has previously been on a relentless path of horizontal and vertical consolidation, is about to get a strong push ...

Heffron partnership to offer robo-SMSFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... the solution offered a lower prospective SMSF entry point. "Digital technology and automation are disrupting the wealth industry not because they're new but because they meet a need for investors, reduce barriers to investment and reduce costs," Garrett ...

Milliman hires for greater adviser exposure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... behavior of retirees," he said. Matterson recently spoke to Financial Standard about the need for the Australian wealth industry to be held accountable for creating a raft of "very cheap, generic retirement income products based on a lot of averages." ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Milliman practice leader Wade Matterson thinks the Australian wealth industry should be called to account for creating a raft of "very cheap, generic retirement income products based on a lot of averages." Matterson explained that Milliman analyses ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... did not agree with this move. Lowering Australia's 30% company tax rate would have greater implications for the wealth industry, according to Greg Einfeld, co-founder and director of robo-adviser Plenty Wealth. "We can't afford to have both dividend ...

Advice the face of wealth management evolution

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... divisions that have the scale to service every member. This said, Howes said the way forward was for Australia's wealth industry was to get on the offensive and tackle what have been previously sacrosanct and failed elements of the retirement system. ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... blockchain technology, which is already delivering productivity and innovation benefits to the nation's trillion-dollar wealth industry. BNP Paribas Securities Services has progressively stepped up its blockchain expertise in the Australian market because ...