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Super funds need to get on board with crypto: Carnegie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... asymmetrical strategy aiming to maximise returns while safeguarding investors' principals. Speaking to Financial Standard, Carnegie said while the fund is drumming up interest there is still hesitance from super funds. Carnegie said he and his team ...

Investment bonds a good alternative to Wills: GDG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... alternative to Wills, according to Generation Life senior distribution manager Laura Salsbury. Speaking at Financial Standard 's first Technical Services Forum for the year, Salsbury said investment bonds can be good alternatives to Wills, which ...

FASEA urges advisers to maximise exam sittings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
With the window to complete the FASEA exam narrowing, financial advisers are being urged to maximise the number of attempts they make. In correspondence with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), FASEA chief executive ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The first comprehensive review of Australia's retirement system has acknowledged that affordable financial advice is what people need to navigate the retirement system. After the Royal Commission exposed deep flaws in Australia's financial advice ...

Cbus appoints new technology chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... joining the fund from Latitude Financial. Mirella Robinson has joined the fund, replacing Rob Pickering who Financial Standard reported departed the fund in September. Robinson was previously general manager of delivery, data analytics and technology ...

New approach needed for Age Pension: RIR

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... achieve the minimum standard of living. "The system should ensure a minimum standard of living for retirees with limited financial means that is consistent with prevailing community standards," it said. As at June 2019, around 71% of people aged 65 and ...

Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... gave no indication of the value of the offer, chief executive of Deep Data Analytics Mathan Somasundaram told Financial Standard it is likely in the realm of around $1.80-$2.00 per share. "The bid looks to be lower than where the sum of the parts range ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... honour. That means I need to act in the best interests of ASIC and its vital purpose to build a fair, honest and efficient financial system for all Australians." Labor MP Andrew Leigh asked what the rationale was behind Shipton stepping aside but not ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
The financial services industry and business community in Australia has responded in a generally positive manner to the government's 2020-2021 budget, but the super sector is so far cautious in its response. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Benchmark-lagging LIC faces strategic review

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... (3.3%), Verizon Communications (3%, Taiwan Semiconductor (2.8%) and Sony (2.7%). A spokesperson for the fund told Financial Standard that TGG has approximately $270 million in funds under management, with a little over 4500 shareholders.