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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 ...

Financial adviser salaries revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
As the fallout from the Royal Commission continues, financial adviser's salaries are being scrutinised. According to the latest Financial Adviser Salary Guide from Kaizen Recruitment, a senior financial adviser with more than 10 years' experience and ...

Fee for no service on APRA and ASIC radar

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
APRA and ASIC issued a joint letter warning superannuation funds and financial advisers that they will take a tougher approach to ensuring the fee for no service debacle is not repeated. The regulators are taking a more stringent stance on financial ...

Climate change an imminent threat to returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
A new report from Mercer shows how a climate change of 2c or more could have a detrimental impact on investment returns. According to Mercer, investing for a 2c climate change scenario is both an imperative and an opportunity, as it leads to enhanced ...

Institutions fail to adequately manage social risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
The Actuaries Institute says social condition is as important as financial condition to the success and sustainability of an institution, but Australia's financial institutions are failing to measure this. The Hayne Royal Commission excoriated many ...

Corporate superannuation fund hunts new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund is searching for a new chair as the incumbent prepares to wrap up a final three-year term. David Leggo departs TelstraSuper on 30 June 2019; he joined the board in 2010. The fund's constitution ...

Principal appoints insto sales director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
The former head of Fidelity's institutional business in Australia has joined Principal Global Investors. Warwick Boys will join Principal as director of institutional sales for Australia. Boys led Fidelity's institutional sales team for four years and ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
It appears nothing is normal with the Fed's march toward normalising monetary policy. Not only has it stopped in its tracks, the White House wants it to go in reverse. Cue US President Trump's latest "advice" to the Fed: "In terms of quantitative ...

NZ Super responds to Australian social media laws

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
NZ Super, which has been active in calling for action on social media companies following the streaming of the Christchurch terror attacks, has responded to new laws passed in Australia. The laws, passed last week, mean that executives of social media ...

Industry fund adds board directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
A $14.5 billion industry superannuation fund has added two new members to its board of directors, which now only comprises 10 seats. CareSuper has welcomed Linda Scott and Robert Potter, following the retirements of long-serving directors Cate Wood ...