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FPA partners with Deakin University

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has partnered with Deakin Business School to allow financial planners to combine a Masters of Financial Planning with its Certified Financial Planning (CFP) program. It comes after the FPA signaled in ...

BetaShares calls for universal pension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
BetaShares has proposed that Australia adopt a system that would provide a pension to everyone, funded by superannuation contributions. The proposal was made in the company's submission to the Australian Treasury as part of its consultation with market ...

Property manager hires super fund head

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Property investment manager Charter Hall has appointed a superannuation fund executive to lead the group's direct business. TelstraSuper head of real assets Miriam Patterson has scored the newly created role of fund manager at Charter Hall Direct, in ...

ISA reaffirms stance on super guarantee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
ISA said too many Australians, particularly women, are retiring without enough super and the increase to 12% is central to fixing the problem. "ISA analysis shows more than eight million Australians could be worse off in retirement if the super rate ...

AMP cuts super fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
AMP is reducing investment and administration fees across its suite of superannuation products, including removing the Stronger Super fee it introduced in 2013 to finance the implementation of the reforms. The fee cuts will be applied to MySuper, choice ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... priorities to preserve their wealth in case of a correction, or worse, a recession. Investment Trends senior analyst King Loong Choi said investors are turning to more defensive strategies. "Global macroeconomic and geopolitical tensions continue to ...

SSGA to scrutinise ASX 100 directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
From this voting season, State Street Global Advisors will take action against board members of ASX 100 companies it feels are lagging on ESG issues. SSGA chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala has written to board members to outline the manager's new approach ...

SMSFA chief slams regulators, FASEA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney has slammed ASIC for a fact sheet published and distributed to SMSF trustees last year. During a speech at a Pritchitt Partners event in Sydney, the SMSFA chief also took aim at FASEA and the ATO. Maroney ...

AMP adds competitors to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
AMP is adding other insurers' products to its platform as it records a whopping drop in risk sales for 2019. AMP has partnered with AIA and TAL to expand the insurance products offered on its MyNorth platform. Both insurance offers are available for ...

Your Super, Your Choice debate heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The Financial Services Council and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees aired some grievances about the planned Your Superannuation, Your Choice legislation. FSC chief executive Sally Loane said while the FSC broadly supports the new ...