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Australians demand unpaid super laws: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... forces employers to pay super at the same time as salary. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said this is the only fix that will stop millions of Australians being robbed of their super entitlements every year. "Anything less is a band-aid solution that ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... that was started by NZ Super after the Christchurch terrorist attacks, with the aim of pressuring Facebook and Google to stop the spread of content like the video of the Christchurch attacks, has given its full support to the Christchurch Call. NZ Super ...

Lonsec to acquire in-house managed account offerings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
Lonsec is looking to help financial advisers transition away from conflicted advice models by acquiring their in-house managed portfolios. Lonsec is offering to purchase in-house managed portfolio solutions from advice licensees, allowing advisers to ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
The US Federal Reserve just concluded its April 30 - May 1 FOMC meeting and decided it best to do nothing but reaffirm its policy of patience, as you, I and Irene expected. "Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum ...

ESG would curb ocean pollution: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
A Calvert report on the impact of ocean degradation on portfolios has drawn interesting conclusions about the role of investment in the health of our oceans. Calvert Research and Management said investors can take an active role in protecting the oceans ...

Citi to pay $3m in advice remediation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Citigroup will pay more than $3 million to remediate customers who received general financial advice, believing it to be personal advice. The group must refund 114 retail customers for losses they incurred after investing in structured Citigroup products ...

Freedom to divest all operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... consider the best method to return excess funds to shareholders. The embattled firm announced in December 2018 that it will stop selling life insurance products and alerted shareholders of the likelihood it will face a liquidity crisis in 2019. It missed ...

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
Lively discussion broke out during the first Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum for 2019 in Sydney yesterday, with the consensus being financial advisers must be across which products are exempt from means testing. Challenger head ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... now put tariffs on $11 billion of EU products! The EU has taken advantage of the U.S. on trade for many years. It will soon stop!" Make no mistake, this is not an empty threat. Trump will follow through. The Sino-US trade war escalated the same way - ...

New SMSF admin platform launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
A new one-stop-shop SMSF solution that aims to help financial advisers keep on top of administrative and regulatory burdens has launched. Practical Systems Super meets the needs of small accounting and advice firms by providing services such as fund ...