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Super skimming adviser permanently banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
A Gold Coast adviser was permanently banned by ASIC for acting dishonestly and engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Stewart Banks was a representative of Professional Investment Services (PIS) - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centrepoint Alliance ...

SMSF satisfaction belies uncertainty

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Even if 75% of SMSF holders report being satisfied with their fund choice, a new UBS/FSC report suggests a lot of uncertainty in the sector about retirement adequacy and government policy. The report is based on a survey conducted by KREAB Research ...

Fiducian boosts FUA by $44m

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Fiducian boosted its funds under advice by $44 million after agreeing to acquire two Victorian practices. The total consideration for the practices, which are based in northeast Melbourne and Gippsland, is $720,000. Following the dual acquisition, Fiducian's ...

Advice practices pass health check

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Financial advice firms are better equipped to face future challenges following an industry shift from passive to actively managed businesses. This is one of several findings from a joint report released by Zurich and the Beddoes Institute, which goes ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
Investment managers need to move away from the current culture of performance-driven investing towards one that is purpose-driven. This is the key theme of the latest insight from State Street's independent think-tank, the Centre for Applied Research ...

Slattery departs ICFS board

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
SMSF Association managing director and chief executive, Andrea Slattery, stepped down from the board of the International Centre for Financial Services. Slattery has worked in the financial services industry for more than 25 years and spent 12 years ...

Regal FM appoints CEO from Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Regal Funds Management is welcoming a new chief executive. Brendan O'Connor joins Regal from Challenger, where he was chief financial officer, funds management. At Challenger he oversaw the development and distribution of investment products across ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Australian superannuation funds, on average, have the lowest number of in-house portfolio managers when compared across several global pension systems. Aussie super funds are reported to have an average of 18 in-house portfolio members, well below the ...

Super disputes kept aside in Treasury review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
The superannuation industry backs Treasury's call to retain a separate external dispute resolution body. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said the group welcomed Treasury's interim report of the financial ...

Industry fund recovers millions in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
An industry superannuation fund recovered more than $5 million in lost super for members in the three months to September 2016. Vision Super reunited 236 of its members with lost super in the quarter and consolidated multiple accounts of 85 members ...