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LICG will fight on after failing to trigger AFA constitution talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
The Life Insurance Customer Group (LICG) has failed to trigger an extraordinary general meeting of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to explore a change to the body's constitution after nearly half of the submissions it sent requesting one ...

Perpetual reports 8pc profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Perpetual has reported an 8% boost in statutory net profit in its FY2016 results. The $132 million NPAT was largely driven by the $118.1 million before-tax profit in Perpetual's investment management business, even if this was 6% lower than the prior ...

MLC extends Rio Tinto insurance partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Members in the accumulation division of the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) were recently moved to new insurance arrangements following MLC winning a market tender. The accumulation division was previously under self-insurance arrangements ...

Vulnerable clients easily manipulated: study

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Trust in financial advisers can be easily manipulated, according to a new university study which found a large proportion of Australians were unable to tell the difference between good and bad financial advice. The study also revealed a high proportion ...

Retiree expenditure remains modest: study

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
A new study of retiree expenditure answers some myths and fears about what retirees need to live on and will help shape future superannuation policy. Research commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and conducted by ...

Majority of Australians without financial plan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Baby boomers are more optimistic than their younger counterparts, with 51% of generation X fearing they won't have enough money to retire compared to 40% of baby boomers, according to new research from the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Social benefit bond returns for NGS Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Industry fund NGS Super says an investment in Australia's first social benefit bond has rewarded members with both social and financial returns, aligning with the fund's environmental, social and ethical investment framework. The New Parent and Infant ...

GBST profits down in "year of transformation"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Financial technology firm GBST has recorded a 39% fall in net profit to $9.3 million from $15.3 million in 2015. The company's managing director Robert DeDominicis attributed the result to it being a "year of transformation" for the business. "Following ...

BTFG shutters alternatives fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
BT Financial Group has confirmed the winding up of one of its popular alternatives funds. The Advance Alternatives Strategies Multi-Blend Fund was terminated on 14 June and is being managed by Ramius Alternative Solutions until the wind up is completed ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Sit down, buckle up and hang on Virginia for we're heading into the 'Hole' - Jackson Hole, that is. There'll be to-ing and fro-ing aplenty leading up to Janet's homily at 'The Hole' this coming Thursday and Friday and perhaps ...