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ANZ addressing women's financial futures

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
ANZ has launched a range of new measures aiming to address gender equality in the workplace, recognising there is more to be done in addressing the issue. From today ANZ will make annual top-up superannuation payments of $500 to permanent and fixed-term ...

Capital Group elects new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... research and management company and Capital group president, Phil de Toledo. The change reflects a leadership succession plan that has been in motion for several years, and was formalised after the passing of former chairman, Jim Rothenberg, the company ...

Advisers need to collaborate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
The financial advice industry depends on collaboration between planners, according to Complete Financial Balance principal Brendan Cox. Speaking at the 2015 Association of Financial Advisers National Roadshow in Sydney, Cox - whose company won the 2014 ...

Wealth Enhancers departs Synchron, goes independent

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Generation Y-targeted advice firm Wealth Enhancers has set up its own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Wealth Enhancers was previously aligned with Synchron. According to Wealth Enhancers financial coach Rebecca Boles, the decision to go ...

Extend compulsory super to self-employed: ASFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Nearly 10% of Australia's labour force is self-employed and compulsory superannuation should include at least some of them, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said. "Only a relatively small number of the self-employed have business ...

NZ looks to Trowbridge for life reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
New Zealand's Financial Services Council (FSC) has commissioned a report on life insurance advice, with Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair John Trowbridge selected as an adviser for the project. Consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Financial planners from Australia's top financial institutions will receive ethics and moral psychology training, following major scandals in their advice divisions. AMP, Macquarie Bank, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and BT Financial Group have developed and ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sell-offs on international markets after Chinese stocks fell more than eight per cent, sparking concern about global economic growth. At 0800 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures ...

Minimum $200k SMSF balance "completely incorrect"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
A superannuation lawyer has slammed the recommendation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) should hold a minimum balance of $200,000. Townsends Law special counsel on superannuation Michael ...

SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The revised Significant Investor Visa (SIV) will undoubtedly bring benefits to parts of the economy in need of investment but also knock-on opportunities for fund managers specialising in the scheme to get access to investments in China. The new rules ...