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Big bedrooms pose challenge for planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... managing director Bernard Salt told the 2017 Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress that the changing nature of Australian households will also have consequences for the delivery of financial advice. "We're no longer on a 1000 square-metre ...

gigSuper reaches out to self-employed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... offer an app-based solution for members, including a roll over feature and set contributions. Taking aim at the fluctuating nature of self-employed work, Stanhope says gigSuper will also come with a non-super redraw facility to allow members to place ...

BetaShares launches Australian-first hybrids ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... allocate more to lower risk securities, or even move entirely into cash. Vynokur reinforced the attractive yet complex nature of hybrids, saying discussions with investors prior to launching the new ETF indicated that expertly managing this complexity ...

CFS lifestage funds enter direct infrastructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... long-term investments in long-term assets with less liquidity." Senior investment manager Jujhar Toki said the regulated nature of infrastructure assets provides some return certainty with a significant portion of the returns expected to come in the ...

WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... and the second is to restrain Molopo entering into any further transactions "that represent a significant change to the nature or scale of its activities without shareholder approval." This isn't the first time Wilson Asset Management and Aurora have ...

Industry fund appoints governance and risk head

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
An industry superannuation fund is meeting the increasingly complex nature of the super system head on with the appointment of an executive officer, governance and risk. Natalie Alford, formerly of APRA, will lead the Equip Super's governance, risk ...

Younger generations gaining super ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... general lack of engagement by the young in superannuation." He added that the results are reflective of the compulsory nature of superannuation demonstrating Millennials, Generation Z and Generation X are where the greatest growth potential now lies. ...

AMP rolling out enhanced goals-based advice business

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... capability in its own right too," Akers said. "We a see more diverse and younger adviser workforce because of the graduate nature of university degrees." On Friday, AMP announced Griffith University as the winner of its annual University Challenge. Now ...

Melbourne advice firm cops historic $1 million fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... 2013 and August 2015. The Court found the failures by NSG to ensure compliance by its representatives were systemic in nature, with Justice Moshinsky regarding the contraventions as "very serious ones." ASIC commenced proceedings against NSG in June ...

ANZ Wealth partners for mental health support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... claims paid out by ANZ Wealth have been due to mental illness, with ANZ Wealth head of life insurance Gerard Kerr saying the nature of claims is changing. "It's important that we not only provide financial support to customers who experience anxiety ...