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Use of bank-aligned advisers in decline

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
Consumer demand to deal with banks through their aligned financial planners is going down and it is being replaced by the internet. The latest Roy Morgan's Single Source surveyed over 50,000 people and found that the number of bank clients using their ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tax accounting firm H&R Block has weighed in on the national tax debate, suggesting there is a danger the conversation is being held in a bubble between "pontificating politicians, policy nerds, lobby groups, academics and media types." H&R Block director ...

New laws define inactive super members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... super fund member will also be deemed uncontactable if the fund has never had an address for the member; a written communication has been sent by the fund to the member's last known address and returned unclaimed; and the fund has not received a contribution ...

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... US Federal Reserve will proceed but it is going to be a long and slow process. "The Fed is trying to change the communication focus from the first lift-off to the path and trajectory. How worried should market participants be given the pricing in the ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
In a world where beating the benchmark is not enough, investors need to target returns above inflation. Laura Millan asks industry leaders how to succeed in the current economic environment. There was a time when investing was a matter of coming up ...

Group insurers struggling with premium sustainability

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... inside super. "We need to think more broadly about the ways we manage claims, so improving the experience with better communication, in addition to improved rehabilitation programs, training and education for members and employers needs to be a key capability ...

AvSuper to expand in-house investment team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
AvSuper has appointed a former executive of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) to build out its in-house investment team. Sue Field joined AvSuper in July 2015 and she will also be responsible for monitoring and managing the members' ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The financial services industry sees the leadership change as an opportunity for the government to finally issue its response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) report and other policy issues that have remained shelved for months. A number of industry ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned superannuation trustees about the promotion of member direct or self-managed investment options. ASIC commissioner Peter Kell said that occasionally the promotion of self-managed ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
Vanguard will launch four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), two of which target international fixed income and credit indices. The Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to ...