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Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
On the eve of Treasurer Scott Morrison's first budget there is further support to rein in superannuation tax concessions for the wealthy, provided that proceeds fund better retirements for women and lower income earners. Industry Super Australia is ...

Kinetic Super hires retirement specialist as CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Kinetic Super has hired a superannuation industry and retirement specialist as its chief executive from May 16. Andrew Barnett joins from JANA Investment Advisers where he was general manager retirement strategy for seven months. Before that appointment ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... secretary) not the Trump - they are "known knowns". Because of this, I'm tempted to speculate that it's the calendar... it's May -- the month of the year when we're advised to sell and go away! As Jeff Hirsch -- editor-in-chief of the Stock Trader's ...

Associations support adviser standards amendments

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
The latest legislative amendments to raise the education, training and ethical standards of financial advisers have been welcomed by the industry's peak representative groups. Both the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
APRA has released its submission to the Senate Economics Committee on the inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice - life insurance, claiming that the profitability of the sector is under strain. The submission argued that weak profitability has ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
We interrupt normal programming to bring you Australia's shock inflation news. The A$ dropped to as low as US$0.7572 overnight, a 2.3% depreciation from the previous day's close of US$0.7749 after yesterday's CPI report increased the probability that ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Fund managers are rushing to position themselves at the forefront of the multi-asset sector as the number of funds and products continue to grow, according to Lonsec. The researcher's Multi-Asset Sector Review revealed an influx of new multi-asset fund ...

Asteron Life upgrades adviser facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Pending remuneration changes in the life insurance industry has led to Asteron Life launching its upgraded adviser service fee facility. The enhanced facility enables an automated collection and payment service for advice fees charged to clients, which ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Australia taxation revenue The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that Australia's total taxation revenue increased by 2.3% to A$445,965 million in fiscal year 2014/15 from A$435,892 million in 2013/14. Taxes on income - ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
A reduction in concessional contribution caps for middle-income superannuation members would hurt Australia's budget long-term, bear an increased cost to taxpayers, and not align with super's objective. This is the final message from the Financial Services ...