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Productivity Commission pushes for superannuation scale benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... impediments to gaining scale that could contribute to inefficiency, the report said. Modelling over the period shows the majority of funds realised economies of scale in administration and investment fees. On average, administration expenses are typically ...

AFCA creates small businesses ombudsman role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... change means that AFCA is now able to consider complaints from over 98% of small businesses. This covers the vast majority of small businesses in Australia and removes the need and expense of going to court to resolve financial disputes," she said. AFCA ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
"There was a higher rate of wage growth recorded across the majority of industries in comparison to this time last year, reflecting the influence of improved labour market conditions. Annual wage growth at the Australia level was 2.3%, the highest growth ...

More than half of advisers without association membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... heavily reliant on a primary AFSL contributing a large portion of their adviser numbers, Rainmaker said. For instance, a majority of the AIOFP's membership is licensed by Interprac Financial Planning and the majority of the FBAA's is aligned with AMP ...

Life insurers fear genetic testing changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
Majority of life insurance companies fear the availability of genetic testing to consumers will be more disadvantageous and complex, and will have a negative impact on their business, a new survey shows. Strategic Insights' survey of retail, direct ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... assets managed, of which 7.4% was managed in the UK. Japan held 4.8% of the AUM, while Australia represented 1.4%. The majority of total assets (77.6%) are still managed actively, while the share of passive assets grew from 19.5% to 22.4% in the last ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Super has taken "some of the risk" out of its diversified investment options, including its MySuper product where majority of its members are invested. "Similarly, we have been working with employers that have more than fully funded retirement schemes ...

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Despite receiving a bad rap for being ineffective during the financial services Royal Commission, new research finds the majority of enforceable undertakings deter future misconduct. This is according to a joint study conducted by ASIC and the University ...

Billionaire investor says markets in late cycle but anything possible

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... innings. In baseball, in a regular game there are nine innings. Sometimes it goes longer - there's a tie - but vast majority of games go nine innings," Marks said. "The trouble with investing is, I can tell you we are in the eighth innings - and ...

Early release of super, FHSSS gaining traction: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... deputy commissioner for superannuation James O'Halloran said. An average of $14,500 was released per member. The majority of the funds or 71%, O'Halloran said, were used for medical treatment or transportation, which calculated to $74.6 million. ...