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Japanese broker targets Aussie SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
One of Japan's largest online broking platforms is soon to launch in Australia with a focus on self-managed superannuation funds and financial advisers. Within two months the Monex Group expects to be operating in Australia, providing clients with trading ...

Heffron acquires superannuation advice specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Heffron SMSF Solutions acquired a Queensland firm that specialises in providing superannuation education to financial advisers. Joining the New South Wales and Hunter Valley-based SMSF service provider is McPherson Super Consulting - a firm that also ...

Major advice firm endorses first home super saver scheme

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
A prominent financial advisory firm is backing the Federal Government's First Home Super Saver Scheme even though it has received backlash from superannuation industry bodies. Dixon Advisory believes the latest draft legislation proposes more flexibility ...

Managed accounts forum unveils new format, adviser focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
The Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Managed Accounts is introducing an entirely new and innovative format in 2017, placing financial advisers front and centre of the one-day conference. Financial Standard launches a new program format called ...

Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Superannuation members invested in lifestage funds and aged between 40 and 50 have produced an outstanding 12-month return on retirement savings according to the latest super fund analysis. Rainmaker research shows lifestage (also lifecycle) MySuper ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... resulting in a single source of information with reduced potential for fraud and increased efficiency. Click here to read Darren's latest Financial Standard editorial. Blockchain's potential is not being lost on industry researchers either. CSIRO's data ...

In-house investment bears fruit for AustralianSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has flagged expanding the fund's internal investment team to manage more than half of its rapidly growing asset base. Australia's largest superannuation fund has previously said it is aiming to manage between ...

Boutique manager selects A-REIT and small-cap specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Alpha Fund Managers, the funds management subsidiary of Infocus Wealth Management, has enlisted a further two funds to its multi-manager suite. The first addition is the Investors Mutual Limited (IML) Small Cap Fund, which aims to deliver consistent ...

An institutional approach to retirement advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... from the asset-liability management used by institutional investors, according to AMP Capital senior portfolio manager Darren Beesley. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income, Beesley noted that institutions ...

Government gives super system further makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
The Federal Government is powering ahead with further changes to Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system, garnering support from across the industry. The latest proposals will see the prudential regulator (APRA) be responsible for making it easier ...