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Instos offer advice at a loss to drive product sales: EY

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Large financial institutions have undervalued advice for decades by offering it at a loss to lead clients into product sales, Ernst & Young (EY) have said in their submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). EY argued that decades old industry ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds with MySuper products should be allowed to extend their default offering into retirement, and should include annuities in that offering, Challenger has told the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its second submission to the FSI ...

Partners Group fund added to major platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Global private equity investment manager Partners Group has had its Partners Group Global Value Fund accepted onto the BT SuperWrap and Macquarie Wrap platforms. Partners Group Global Value Fund provides investors with exposure to a mature private equity ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Financial markets didn't get the kitchen sink they were hoping for but the fridge - along with the promise that the kitchen sink would come later - was good enough. With the eurozone economy in a coma - second quarter real GDP growth was zero - and ...

Ray Martin to open FPA 2014 Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Journalist and media personality Ray Martin will be opening this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals' Congress in Adelaide. Martin will host the inaugural discussion along with former supermodel and writer Tara Moss, Punchbowl ...

Young Australians want 'quick fix' tips from advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Young Australians are particularly interested in getting 'quick fix' tips from their financial planners, as opposed to long-term comprehensive advice, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said. The results of the FPA's Financial Planning Week campaign ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

AMP and University of Adelaide form SMSF research centre

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
AMP and the International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) at the University of Adelaide will open a Centre of Excellence in self-managed super funds (SMSFs) by the end of the year. Using AMP's SMSF database, the centre aims to provide greater insights ...

ISA targets 'sales incentives' in new ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has pulled no punches in its latest multi-platform advertising campaign which emphasises the controversial sales culture within banks. The ads will be released today across television, print, digital and outdoor sites ...

Call general advice 'sales': CBA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has recommended there be changes to the way that 'advice' is described in its second round submission that responds to the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) Interim Report. In its 92 page submission published on the ...