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Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Australia's school education performance against global benchmarks in mathematics, reading and science may be falling but their financial literacy performance is strongly above average, ranking fifth from 15 countries. According to a statement released ...

ASIC bans former Avestra directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... which made loans to related parties. The Court said: "Dempsey's and Rowles's omissions... were not merely procedural or technical contraventions. They were shortcomings that created or reflected a significantly deficient corporate culture, which enabled ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... Government has handed down a "Ginger Spice" rather than a "Scary Spice" of Budgets this year, according to IOOF head of technical services Martin Breckon. Explaining himself, Breckon said the Budget appeared to be designed to avoid any comparisons to ...

Downsizing measures present advice opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... housing stock by freeing up larger homes for younger, growing families," Budget documents read. Challenger's head of technical services Andrew Lowe said the ability to make additional contributions will be greeted with immense support from advisers. ...

Super associations unite to warn against 'political panel'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... influence could be mitigated including: the possibility to include the Australian Government Actuary for the provision of technical, evidenced based analysis required to inform decision making, and holding the panel publicly accountable for its decisions. ...

Mosaic tailors financial advice for women, grows FUA to $800m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
For financial advisers looking to cater to high-powered female executives, US-based Mosaic Financial Partners provides a textbook-worthy case study. Sabrina Lowell, two-time winner of the "Heart of Financial Planning" award in San Francisco and chief ...

Challenger launches advice tool as reforms loom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... realising their retirement goals based on thousands of different market scenarios. The new campaign will be supported by technical presentations, webinars for advisers and further online tools and resources. In addition to the new solution, Challenger ...

CGT top of adviser minds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... gains tax is the fastest growing adviser query ahead of the 1 July changes to superannuation, according to the BT Advice Technical team. BT technical consultant Tim Howard said during the March quarter advisers were most keen to identify how CGT relief ...

Super reforms will drive advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
The complex and ongoing changes to superannuation will drive individuals to seek advice, IOOF head of technical services Martin Breckon says. Breckon, who was recently appointed to the role, said he welcomed the government's superannuation reforms and ...

Life code needs work: ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... in its current form goes some lengths toward achieving these improvements, but "only if insurers adhere to both the technical requirements and the underlying spirit of the thing." Ultimately, Kell said that the goal of the code should be to reduce incidences ...