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IRESS reports strong 2018

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Financial technology provider IRESS reported solid figures for 2018, anticipating a successful 2019 to follow. IRESS group operating revenue grew 6%, driven by 7% growth in its UK business and 9% in Australia and New Zealand. IRESS cited a number of ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
Both sides of the franking credit debate were given air time during day one of the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, but one dominated. Opposition to Labor's franking credits policy rose on the ...

Super account consolidation to hurt AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
AMP will take a $30m hit to the hip pocket if it is forced to send 370,000 low balance super accounts to the ATO. Following the Senate passage of the Government's centerpiece superannuation legislation late last week, AMP informed the market it would ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
AMP suffered a 97% profit drop in 2018 and it's flagging a reshaped financial advice network into 2019. AMP recorded statutory net profit of $28 million last year, but the result is worth 3% of its 2017 full-year profit of $848 million. Discussing ...

Aussies instos join fight against weapons

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Australian institutional investors joined a worldwide effort lobbying index providers to remove controversial weapons from global indices. Colonial First State and Vision Super have become signatories to an open letter calling for the exclusion of weapons ...

Fearless Girl comes to Melbourne

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
Cbus and HESTA, together with Maurice Blackburn, will bring the Fearless Girl statue to Australia in bid to stand for equality and diversity. The 50-inch bronze statue of a little girl standing defiantly in front of Wall Street's famous Charging ...

Aussies find $860m in lost super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
More than $850 million of lost superannuation was found and consolidated towards the end of 2018. Releasing new data this week, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) said more than 66,000 Australians found and consolidated some of their retirement savings ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
"Our tightenings or loosenings of monetary policy are determined by the inflation outlook. If the economy wants to grow faster than it currently is, and inflation is not showing any tendency to rise to the point where it could threaten our medium-term ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Fund managers are warning investors not to expect the major banks to trade at the premium they've been accustomed to. And the financial services Royal Commission's final report, due today, will play its part. The major banks have experienced ...

Superannuation smashes gender diversity goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
The superannuation fund industry has smashed industry targets of female representation on boards, latest APRA figures show. The number of women represented on boards has increased 9.2% over the last four years, according to APRA's annual super bulletin. ...