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Planners unite to create innovation platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
A group of financial planners and financial services entrepreneurs have united to create an online hub to provide solutions to advice businesses. The businesses behind the newly-created AdviceInnovation are Astute Wealth, The Social Adviser, Complete ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The push for more independent super fund trustees has been spurred by flawed assumptions, reveals new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
Jeff Carmichael's Promontory Financial Group has been appointed independent expert for the Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) Open Advice Review program. The appointment follows a series of announcements made ahead of the company results, which will be released ...

Resources needed for outcomes, regulators warn Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
While Australia's financial services regulators are supportive of the government's plans to cut red tape, they have emphasised to Treasury the need for ongoing resources. The government released eight statements of expectations -addressed at each one ...

Australia's unit trust dictum is killing the funds industry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
If Australia wants develop its potential to be funds management player in the Asia region, government has to decide whether it's policy on how it treats international fund managers is targeted at minimising tax leakage or exporting services, growing ...

MySuper spurred innovation and chased down fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
MySuper has been an overwhelming success, Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin has concluded, 12 months after the products went online. "Has MySuper worked? Absolutely," Dunnin said at a concurrent session designed to analyse the impact ...

CBA sees two top execs step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has confirmed that two members of the group's senior executive team will step down. CBA group executive of business and private banking Grahame Petersen will retire at the end of 2014 after nearly 35 ...

Australia at heart of new Asia-centric world order

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Australia will be one of the countries most impacted by the seismic shift which will put Asia at the centre of a new world order. That is the opinion of the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as fears of an escalation of the Ukraine conflict and a potential move by the US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates impacts the local exchange. The market impact of reports Russia is massing troops on the ...

AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS launch own-brand debit cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Industry superannuation giants AustralianSuper and HOSTPLUS are offering members branded debit cards in association with the bank they collectively own, ME Bank. Members of the two funds can sign up to receive a debit card branded with the super fund's ...