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Next wave of SMSF growth fuelled by Gen Y

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on Treasury to loosen transparency requirements associated with the Stronger Super reforms, including the product dashboard, portfolio holdings disclosure requirements, and Product Disclosure Statement ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Fund managers must do more to disclose portfolio holdings so investors can assess their position in relation to environmental issues, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). The independent, not-for-profit organisation's stated aim ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street after data showed second-quarter US gross domestic product grew better than had been expected. US GDP grew 1.7 per cent in the quarter, above the 1.1 per cent pace expected ...

Fraud and cybercrime biggest non-investment risks to family offices

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Sustainability, data loss, fraud and theft are among the top non-investment risks faced by private families and the offices that serve them, according to The Family Wealth Alliance's 2012 Inaugural Security Study. For the study - which was conducted ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street with the Dow and the S&P 500 again reaching record highs. At 0756 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 4,972. No major economic ...

More than 8,000 advisers using IRESS XPLAN

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
More than 8,000 advisers have opted for IRESS' XPLAN-CommPay solution to meet the Fee Disclosure Statement (FDS) requirements brought in by the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, the software provider has said. According to IRESS, the 'vast ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street ahead of the widely-anticipated US Federal Reserve's policy meeting that's expected to give an indication on the central bank's plans on its stimulus measures. At 0805 AEST ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
While institutional investors have a tendency to negotiate aggressively on the amount they pay for fund managers' expertise, Platinum Asset Management chief investment officer Andrew Clifford said cutting fees does not automatically result in better ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The main financial advice associations will lobby members of Parliament today to delay the approval of tax amendments to the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA), amendments they believe will negatively affect financial advisers. The bill is scheduled to ...