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Royal Commission to drive independent advice market: GlobalData

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... strong push towards fragmentation and divestment," Hoevel said. Australia's wealth giants advise on products like superannuation and insurance, that they also sell themselves. "Transitioning away from the vertically integrated model into a conflict-free ...

Women less prepared for retirement: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... for their financial future. Additionally the BTFG research highlights 51% of women believe they won't have enough superannuation for retirement, despite 69% acknowledging superannuation is crucial for their financial future. BT further outlined the problem ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... class action proceedings against AMP in light of evidence at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The litigation funding group said it will fund class action proceedings conducted by law ...

Industry fund adds chair, first female director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
A $2.1 billion industry superannuation fund appointed a former AMP and ANZ executive as its new chair and welcomed its first female board member. AMIST Super has appointed Greg Camm as independent chair, succeeding long-serving chair Kevin Cottrill ...

Kina expands IRESS relationship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... Automated data matching ensures that member details in employer payroll systems reliably match the data in the superannuation system in PNG for the first time. This is key to the delivery of a better member and employer experience," Fenech said. IRESS ...

Government to increase SMSF member limit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
The Federal Government announced it will expand the maximum number of self-managed superannuation fund members from four to six - a proposal welcomed by the SMSF Association. Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer said the change will ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... overlooked. According to Industry Super Australia, the agriculture industry has attracted more than $1.6 billion from superannuation funds, and caught the eye of major Canadian and US pension funds which have ploughed more than $1 billion to the sector ...

Smaller super funds lead Roy Morgan rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
An industry super fund with $8.1 billion in funds under management has topped the Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction Report for the seventh month in a row. Tasplan, the industry superfund with 145,000 members, has again topped the Roy Morgan monthly ...

Sixty per cent of FPA members hold degree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... industry as discovered during the second round hearings at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said member sentiment has led the FPA to again raise concerns ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... included a high-profile adviser who "most likely" told his employee to impersonate his client on phone calls to superannuation funds; and a dealer group owner who thought a letter from Commissioner Hayne was an "invitation" subject to their will to participate. ...