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Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Former APRA member John Trowbridge has been appointed independent chairman of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). The working group will address ...

AFA to lobby for MySuper opt in arrangement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is concerned that mandatory transfer to default MySuper products could lead to consumers losing their existing insurance arrangements and asked for an opt-in arrangement to MySuper. AFA chief executive Brad ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
The government is moving to repeal a law requiring employers to disclose on employee payslips the amount of superannuation contributed and the date at which the contribution will be made. This move, however, will not remove super contributions from ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Talk about being careful... for they might come true. 'Twas not so long ago that Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) and the IMF worried about complacency in the financial markets as indicated by low, down on the ground ...

Active and passive funds are not mutually exclusive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Investors who think in terms of either active or passive are missing out on the benefits that arise from blending the two approaches, according to BlackRock Australia's head of retail Mark Oliver. He argues that active funds are best considered for ...

Real return funds growing in stature

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Real return strategies which aim to produce above-inflation performance irrespective of market conditions are becoming a big hit with investors, according to research and ratings house Zenith. The company has given 11 funds a rating, including six new ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Australia's pension system is the second best in the world, according to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. With a score of 79.9%, Australia outperformed the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden in the index, and was just behind Denmark ...

Kate McCallum wins AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has awarded the Female Excellence in Advice Award to Multiforte Financial Services adviser Kate McCallum. The award, in partnership with TAL, seeks to focus attention on financial advice as an excellent career ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Like a dog with a bone, financial markets have latched onto growth - or more precisely, the lack of it - and wouldn't let go. Wall Street remains in no mood for celebration even as America commemorated the day Christopher Columbus discovered their land ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Advisers remunerated solely through upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study ...