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Client ethics the future of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... Tobacco Free Portfolios, explained that when she first started working in the ethical investing space, banks and superannuation funds would often argue they had to be neutral and it wasn't right for them to take ethical stances one way or another. But ...

Advice association merger up to members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... executive to attend an AFA National Conference, when he joined the audience on a day that saw Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume, addressed the industry but failed to announce an extension ...

Members still lack group insurance awareness: MetLife

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Superannuation members still do not realise they are entitled to life insurance via their super funds despite concerted effort to raise awareness, new research finds. MetLife's latest Insurance inside super report found 73% of Australians are aware ...

Members shift to industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Retail superannuation funds copped a battering of outflows as latest APRA figures paint a telling picture of a booming industry super fund sector nearly one year after the Hayne Royal Commission. Retail fund assets were flat at $625.7 billion in the ...

No extension to FASEA deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Financial Technology Jane Hume has failed to announce an expected extension to the FASEA deadline but has assured the industry the government is not looking to force experienced financial ...

It's time for super to move on: Combet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
The future of superannuation and its successes should form the basis of the public discussion about the system, not the fights of the past, according to Industry Super Australia chair Greg Combet. Speaking at the opening session on day two of the Financial ...

Super funds hungry for offshore assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Nearly three in four superannuation funds will look to unlisted, offshore assets in search of superior returns over the next two years and they are willing to take on more currency exposure risk in the process. This is according to NAB's Superannuation ...

Future Fund returns 11.5%, crosses $160bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... fund returned 11.5% in the year to June, with chair Peter Costello likening the returns to that of a "high growth" superannuation option but with much lower risk. The Future Fund now manages $162.6 billion, after adding about $14 billion in investment ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... harms that may result from larger institutions' departure from the sector," ASIC said. In terms of key projects in superannuation, ASIC wants to enhance its communication to superannuation trustees and their associated advisers by providing more accessible ...

Advisers band together: AFA Conference 2019 kicks off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... next three days delegates will hear from the likes of former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Jane Hume and Ethics Partners founder Clare Payne. The event will also feature ...