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Advice association merger up to members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Whether Australia's peak bodies in financial advice merge is a matter for members to decide, according to Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori. Speaking at the Financial Services Council Summit in Sydney this ...

PYSP puts SMSFs at risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
As July 1 approaches, some self-managed superannuation fund members are scrambling to ensure life insurance policies held through an APRA-regulated fund aren't suddenly cancelled. With the Government's Protecting Your Super Package about to kick in ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
Superannuation is in the firing line once again as Australia prepares to head to the polls, with industry stakeholders calling for greater certainty over the future of superannuation reform. Campaigning in the lead up to the Federal election has once ...

Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
The 2019-20 Federal Budget's subdued approach has received a similar welcome from the wealth industry. The big players are neither up in arms nor full of praise for the Budget, which was headlined by personal tax cuts and a $7.1 billion surplus ...

Channel Capital signs on new partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
A $23 billion international boutique has partnered with Channel Capital as it eyes the Australian adviser market after raising $2 billion from instos here. RWC Partners has launched an Australian-domiciled unit trust for their CC RWC Global Emerging ...

CFSGAM expands US footprint with senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... growing institutional demand for infrastructure. CFSGAM, which is known as First State Investments in North America, hired John Ma as a director to oversee new investment opportunities in the region. Ma was previously chief of staff at the Port Authority ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) did nothing to monetary policy after the conclusion of its second board meeting this year. It kept the official cash rate at a record low, predicated on the same rationale it put forth at its February ...

SMSFA recognises member achievements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Self-Managed Super Fund Association recognised several distinguished participants in the SMSF community on the final day of its national conference. SuperConcepts' executive manager of SMSF technical services Mark Ellem picked up the SMSFA CEO Award ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
Both sides of the franking credit debate were given air time during day one of the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, but one dominated. Opposition to Labor's franking credits policy rose on the ...

Opportunities outweigh threats when it comes to SMSFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Threats to the SMSF sector certainly exist, but they are outweighed by opportunities, according to the Self-Managed Super Fund Association. Opening the SMSF advocacy body's national conference in Melbourne this morning, a panel of industry experts discussed ...