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Ripoll heats up sales or advice debate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Are financial planners sales professionals or do they advice clients to use products that best suit their needs? The Ripoll Inquiry has taken a serious look at where planners' allegiances lie. In fact, the Inquiry has put the spotlight on the elephant ...

Planners should be fiduciaries: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... as a major retail super fund paying commissions or rebates or volume rebates or asset based fees or in fact any other incentive," said Whiteley. Whiteley said such an arrangement implies a fundamental rewriting of established Common Law principles. Brogden ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Australians earning $60,000 a year or less could be forced to live on half that income when they retire, if the Government makes changes to super that "unintentionally" disadvantages low to middle-income earners. Industry body ASFA challenged new Treasury ...

Big tax reforms on way for super: Tsr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Treasurer Wayne Swan has foreshadowed major tax reforms to make superannuation fairer. In a major speech titled Tax Reform for Australia's Future presented at this week's Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne, the Treasurer said superannuation's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... NEW YORK - US stocks ended mostly lower as mixed reports on home prices and consumer confidence gave investors little incentive to step into the market. Stocks began the day higher following a report that home prices in 20 major metropolitan markets ...

Premium eyes more practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Premium Wealth Management is in talks with a dozen practices to join its ranks and is also looking at ways to access separately managed account (SMA) technology. Chris Saunders, chief executive at Premium Wealth Management, said the business is talking ...

RetireInvest receives facelift

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... staff receive equity and "reward opportunities" as the RI Advice Group grows. "Owning part of the business is a big incentive for individuals to support our growth strategies," said Campbell.

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Elizabeth Broderick, sex discrimination commissioner, has criticised the Henry Review and Harmer Pension Review for failing to address the superannuation gap for women. Speaking at the Sydney Institute, Broderick, who is also commissioner responsible ...

Price of banning commissions will be high: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... would eliminate a source of conflicts of interest, or perceived conflicts of interest. The approach better aligns the incentive of the adviser to give appropriate advice and removes an element of product bias," they noted. But Treasury said the "change ...

AMP Capital Investors block poor corp governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... what extent it exercised its shareholder rights to vote against poor governance - including saying no to unjustified incentive schemes, re-election of poor performing board directors and poorly-structured fund raising. AMP Capital's proxy voting report ...