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BT adds extra capability to life quote software

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... with the OmniLife risk research tool, which will allow advisers to populate client data within Omnilife, which is set to save advisers time and increase record keeping quality. BT acting head of product, life insurance Sean Boner said the wealth manager ...

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
A clear objective within superannuation will result in better regulation for all parts of the industry, according to a panel of experts. Opening the second day of the Self-managed Super Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne this morning ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
Both sides of the franking credit debate were given air time during day one of the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, but one dominated. Opposition to Labor's franking credits policy rose on the ...

Pay super fortnightly: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
The industry superannuation peak body believes retirement savers are losing millions in interest due to quarterly super contributions. Industry Super Australia is calling for changes to the laws governing superannuation contributions in Australia, arguing ...

Donations now accepted via Instagram

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... November last year, Facebook said users raised more than US$1 billion for non-profits as well as personal causes. For example, Save the Children, which helps 6.6 million children in crisis across 60 countries, raised $7.5 million through Facebook in ...

Spousal top ups to beat super balance inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... cap for those aged over 50, from $25,000 to $35,000. The current cap is inadequate as it negatively impacts the ability to save an adequate amount required to be self-sufficient in retirement, Maroney said. "We believe Government policy needs to incentivise ...

Former Macquarie advisers have bans reduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Two former Macquarie financial advisers that were banned for 10 years for falsifying client records have had their penalties substantially reduced by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Mark Alexander Landau and Marcus Roderick Campbell were banned ...

The $500k price tag on bad super choices

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... terrifying implications for hard working Australians who are relying on their super fund to look after them and help them save for their retirement." "While the recent Productivity Commission recommended major reforms to the superannuation industry that ...

APRA could oversee stalled super fund mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... in best interest of their members. A KPMG report even put a number on this, saying the members of the combined fund could save more than $20 million. However, talks fell over about who would be appointed in board seats. Similarly, Catholic Super and ...

Industry fund sees boost in additional contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
... industry fund has seen a rise in the number of members making additional contributions to their superannuation. The 'Save more later' initiative from Vision Super is based on the concept of 'hyperbolic discounting' which suggests people ...