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Act now to ensure super sustainability: Cooper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... cycle; and the industry working in unison to improve customer engagement and build confidence to create a long term savings plan for retirement, both in and out of superannuation. The foundation for all these priorities, Cooper said, is legislating a ...

Former Westpac exec joins YBR

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has appointed a former Westpac executive as general manager of its wealth division. Adam Youkhana, most recently head of partnerships and private banks for financial planning at Westpac, now leads YBR's wealth management business ...

Super investment poorly communicated

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia believes the super industry has done "an extraordinarily bad job" of communicating its investment story to wider Australia. Opening the 2016 Australian Superannuation Investment ...

Energy Super selects group insurer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... the energy industry and their families. It is the current incumbent insurer for Energy Super's default group life and TPD plan, as well as its long term GSC offering. Suzanne Smith, general manager of MLC Group Insurance, said: "Since 2009, we have been ...

Omniwealth acquires mortgage broker

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... Westminster Finance and Business Solutions was an opportunity to partner with an experienced operator. "As part of our strategic plan we needed our mortgage and finance division to be big enough to handle our forecast growth, and there is no better way ...

Good financial advice a challenge: ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
ASIC has published its Corporate Plan for 2016-17, which notes the industry still faces challenges in providing "good quality" financial advice. The Corporate Plan outlines ASIC's vision to "allow markets to fund the economy, and in turn, economic growth. ...

Energy Super rolls out digital advice service

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Energy Super has gone live with its new digital advice service. The service uses Decimal's Eqilize robo-advice software, and according to Energy Super general manager of digital transformation and analytics David Beal, is aimed at delivering an "entrA(C)e" ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market ...

New Bentleys director to encourage growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Bentleys NSW has appointed a new director to focus on growing key sectors and attracting new business. Current Zeobond chief executive Jannie van Deventer will assist in driving the wealth management firm's strategy to "broaden and strengthen capabilities ...

LGS appoints new board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed a new director following the resignation of a long-standing board member. Gordon Brock will commence on the LGS board of directors on 1 September, replacing Martin O'Connell who resigned after 17 years of service. ...