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Industry funds dominate AAA quality list

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
One-in-four superannuation products have achieved Rainmaker's AAA quality benchmarks this year, the majority of which are provided by not-for-profit funds. Following an in-depth assessment of 750 superannuation products, only 174 or 23.2% received ...

Members dismiss intra-fund advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
An overwhelming majority of superannuation fund members working within the financial services industry have never sought financial advice from their fund. About three quarters (71%) of participants in Financial Standard's latest poll admitted intra-fund ...

Home buyers lack basic financial concepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... themselves financially confident. Westpac general manager of home ownership Will Ranken said: "It's encouraging to see the majority of home buyers are already making the most of available resources to get up to scratch on key home loan concepts." However ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... in the minutes of its 19-20 March FOMC meeting. "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting, a majority of participants expected that the evolution of the economic outlook and risks to the outlook would likely warrant leaving ...

Advisers loyal to XPLAN: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... Investment Trends Planning Software Benchmarking Report, which showed XPLAN blitzed 29 of 34 categories. Other than XPLAN, the majority of financial planners use COIN, AdviceOS, or AdviserLogic as their main advice delivery applications. CCUBE Integrated ...

Research firm moves on ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Moody's has acquired a majority stake in Vigeo Eiris, a global leader in environmental, social and governance (ESG) assessments. Moody's said this acquisition will further its objective of promoting global standards for ESG use by market participants. ...

Westpac appoints acting advice GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... to see through the significant work already underway. "Viridian Advisory is well progressed in the transition with a majority of offers already made to advisers within the group. Early responses have been very positive. There is still a great deal of ...

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... particular product [deferred lifetime annuities], all of them to date are deferral periods of less than 10 years, and the vast majority are less than five years," he said. "So they are relatively short deferral periods." Lowe told delegates the deferral ...

Superannuation Guarantee continues to fail employees: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... responds with: 'After the tax you don't get much, how about instead I give you some time in lieu?' he said. The majority of the 'unsupered' are low-income earners in the $8001 to $40,000 per year bracket. This finding is consistent ...

Financial advice exit a boon for the industry: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... big four banks exiting financial advice received a resounding welcome from the industry, according to a new survey. The majority of respondents (62%) polled in Financial Standard's sister publication FS Advice agreed the move will have positive ramifications ...