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Registrations for Adviser Big Day Out VICTAS closing soon

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
Registrations will soon close for the Victoria and Tasmania legs of the Advisers Big Day Out tour. The Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) program is an independently conducted professional development Roadshow, designed to give financial advisers and planners ...

Sunsuper overhauls TPD cover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
Sunsuper has overhauled its total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover in a move that will see an average premium reduction of 15% for more than 90% of its one million members. The new product, TPD Assist, will remove waiting periods for the ...

AMP chairman to retire

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
AMP Limited has announced the resignation of Simon McKeon from its board due to a change in his circumstances. McKeon will leave the position following the conclusion of the AGM in May. John Palmer will replace McKeon as chairman until a permanent appointment ...

Frontier appoints capital markets analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Frontier Advisors has appointed an analyst to its capital markets team. Cadence Ho joins Frontier in May having completed her Master of Economics at the University of Queensland. Prior to that, she was a product specialist at UOB Kay Hian Holdings in ...

Gen X and Y not looking to robo advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
The majority (80%) of generation X and Y would prefer face to face advice over robo advice but are only willing to pay a maximum of $250 to receive it, according to new research from ING Direct. The research reveals that adaptation will be central for ...

Market Vectors ETFs to rebrand

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
Market Vectors ETFs is being rebranded to VanEck Vectors ETFs as part of a global initiative to bring all businesses and investments under the single VanEck parent company brand. VanEck Australia managing director Arian Neiron said the rebrand will ...

Ausbil wins industry fund mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Ausbil Investment Management has been awarded an Australian equity mandate by a prominent industry super fund. Prime Super has tasked the fund manager with managing $100 million through its Australian Active Equity Strategy. Managed by chief executive ...

Aussie income managers underperforming

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Investors planning for retirement have been warned to stick to fundamentals in the wake of new data showing Australian equity fund managers with an income objective have delivered below-market returns in recent years. Income funds covered by Lonsec ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
In light of news about a potential Royal Commission, former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas has said Australia's financial system could benefit from "substantial reassessment." ...

Commissions survive as life remuneration bill flatlines

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
The Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 has lapsed due to prorogation, leaving the future of risk adviser remuneration unclear. The reforms in the bill banning volume-based payments, capping commissions and implementing ...