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FOS demands licensee-funded consumer protection scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... and distribution system." It said that the Murray inquiry should include "an additional consumer outcome with a specific focus on the importance of enhanced support arrangements for vulnerable consumers and those currently excluded from or on the margins ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
The share market is lower as investors practice caution ahead of the latest economic data from China. Most sectors of the market were lower, although the big mining companies were higher, despite further falls in the price of iron ore. CMC Markets sales ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... allocation," Brackenrig said. Lower fees can help deliver greater superannuation returns to Australians. But to Brogden, a lack of focus on returns "is a legitimate concern. We are yet to see the results, but no one is going to be grateful for having ...

AMP Capital invests in North American renewable assets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
AMP Capital has grown its global infrastructure debt platform, forming a new partnership with Alterra Power Corporation. AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has arranged and structured a C$110 million subordinated loan for Alterra, a leading global ...

Planners keen to leave big dealer groups

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Increasing numbers of financial planners are expressing interest in moving away from the big vertically integrated dealer groups, according to netwealth Advice Group's head of advice Simon Micallef. "Since February the netwealth Advice Group has had ...

Higher adviser education should kick off on 2018: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
New financial advisers should be forced to hold a higher education degree from January 1, 2018, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said in its submission to a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry. The PJC on Corporations and Financial Services ...

Advisers boost practice profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... from 6% last year, which represents a 55% increase. "To improve planners' satisfaction, a key area for dealer groups to focus on is enhancing the effectiveness of the advice and review process," Peker said. "By helping planners provide advice more efficiently ...

Ray Martin to open FPA 2014 Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... supermodel and writer Tara Moss, Punchbowl Boys' High School principal Jihad Dib and businesswoman and editor Ita Buttrose. "Our focus for Congress is to inspire greatness among the financial planning profession and it is appropriate to open the event ...

Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Spending big on advertising may build brand awareness, but it has no effect on membership growth, according to research by CoreData. In a comprehensive study of how consumers view super funds, CoreData found that focusing on fees and services is a surer ...

GSA an affordable alternative to DLAs: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... under the advice of Mercer, though as yet no solution has been unveiled. Elsewhere in the submission, APRA said, while a focus on superannuation fees was appropriate, it was too early to assess how well the MySuper reforms are working. "A review to assess ...