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Managed accounts grow, but education remains low

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... understanding of the solution, and 40% recognising a lack of client education as a barrier to entry. Speaking at a roundtable yesterday, BT Financial Group head of managed accounts Zac Leman said the breadth of terminology used by different platform ...

In a nutshell: Federal Budget 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... a share of the economy will not rise above the 23.9 per cent cap," he said. Turning to superannuation, as announced yesterday, Australians aged 65 or 66 years who don't meet the work test will now be able to make voluntary contributions to super. ...

Treasurer courts retirees with new superannuation measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... superannuation measures on the eve of releasing the 2019-20 Budget in a bid to win over retirees. Frydenberg announced yesterday that 65 and 66-year-olds will be able to make voluntary superannuation contributions, both concessional and non-concessional ...

MP slams prolonged grandfathered commissions carve out

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
With the ANZ banking group abolishing all grandfathered commissions as of yesterday, the industry is receiving little sympathy from the Government. Deputy chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Review of the Four Major ...

Heffron reshuffles leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... Heffron, who co-founded the business with the now former managing director Martin Heffron in 1998, moved into the role yesterday, and will drive the business "both tactically and strategically." The new managing director said the move - which sees Martin ...

Zurich Investments shuts down fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... there is a potential for us to partner with existing managers or bring on new ones," Drennan told Financial Standard yesterday. New funds to come Drennan identified three areas that Zurich Investments may consider in bringing on new funds: impact investing ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... criminal offence for social media companies to fail to remove material like the video of the Christchurch mass shooting. Yesterday, the Prime Minister and Communications Minister Mitch Fifield met with representatives from Facebook, as well as internet ...

Barefoot Investor boosts Rest indexed options demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... actively choosing these options," she told the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's NSW State Conference yesterday. The three indexed options, which do not charge investment fees, offer Australian shares, overseas shares or a balanced ...

Listed infrastructure to hit double digits: CBRE

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out heard. Speaking at the Sydney leg of Financial Standard's annual roadshow yesterday, CBRE Clarion Securities' Jeremy Anagnos said the valuations of infrastructure assets in listed markets are attractive relative ...

Royal Commission will guide remuneration standard: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... standard on remuneration. APRA executive general manager, policy and advice, Pat Brennan told an industry conference yesterday that the consultation period for the regulator's updated remuneration standard will begin in the next quarter. The new standard ...