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Advice demand lags behind SMSF growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
The number of self-managed superannuation funds with unmet financial advice needs is at record highs, and yet this is not translating to greater use of financial advice, with trustees citing difficulty in finding advisers who can meet their needs. Research ...

Contribution caps cause SMSF cash surge

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Reduced contribution limits caused a significant upswing in self-managed superannuation fund cash allocations in the 2017 financial year, according to SuperConcepts research. As at June 30, the average SMSF comprised 19.8% cash (up from 18%), 12% fixed ...

Glass ceiling stops at C-Suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
While significant gains have been made by women in attaining ASX200 board positions in recent years, the same cannot be said for those striving toward senior executive positions. Speaking at a 30% Club event in Sydney this morning, Xplore for Success ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
One thing stood out when the Reserve Banks of India (RBI), Australia (RBA) and New Zealand (RBNZ) conducted their monetary policy meetings in August, and that is... they all want a lower exchange rate (please sir). Both the RBA and the RBNZ kept interest ...

Less room for mid-tier asset managers: Stern

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
Standard Life Investments head of multi-asset and macro investing, Guy Stern, believes the asset management industry will soon stratify into trillion-dollar players and boutiques - with not much room for a middle ground. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

New Zealand advice industry to be overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
The New Zealand government is looking to remove the distinction between class and personal advice, as well as allow the provision of digital advice as it seeks to overhaul the country's regulatory regime for financial advisers. The Financial Services ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
If anything, the National Australia Bank's July business survey added credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's optimistic take on the outlook for economic activity in the country, but not inflation which it expects "to pick up gradually as the economy ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
Ambitious financial services firms are driving Australia's global leadership in the development of blockchain technology, which is already delivering productivity and innovation benefits to the nation's trillion-dollar wealth industry. BNP Paribas Securities ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates by 25 basis points - repo rate to 6% (the first reduction in 10 months and the lowest rate since October 2010) and the reverse repo rate to 5.75% (reversing the 25 bps hike announced only four months ...

ETFs set to continue dominance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Nearly one third of Australia's financial advisers will increase their use of exchange traded funds in client portfolios over the next 12 months. This is a key finding from a recent Rainmaker adviser survey which showed that while 35% of advisers are ...