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Renewed calls to remove super from political cycle

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Superannuation policy decisions must be taken out of the Budget and election cycles to prevent a drop in confidence in the system. That was the shared view of a panel of policy experts at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide that included ...

AMP Capital records solid profit growth

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
AMP Capital has delivered a full-year after tax profit of $138 million, an increase of 20% on 2014. Despite soft equity markets in the second half of 2015, AMP Capital's operating earnings benefited from strong fee income growth of 14%, assisted by ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
Perhaps they're right. Yes, them, the experts who see the current global economic and financial backdrop shaping up to be a repeat of 2008. Early in the New Year George Soros made headlines with the CNBC headline: "Soros: It's the 2008 crisis all over ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Have financial markets stumbled on the one catalyst that could herald the beginning of the end... the end of the sour taste in their mouths for all things "risk" since the onset of 2016? They're getting back their mojos. Many, many times I have scribbled ...

FSC elects new board member

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has elected a new board member from one of Australia's largest insurers. TAL group chief executive and managing director Brett Clark, who also co-chairs the FSC's life board committee, will step into the role. "Brett ...

IQ Group appoints principal consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Superannuation and wealth management consultancy IQ Group has appointed a principal consultant. Previously a senior consultant at the firm, Craig Barrie joined in 2010 having been a project manager at Catholic Church Insurances prior to that. He has ...

ASIC hits ex-ANZ adviser with ban

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
ASIC has banned a former ANZ bank adviser for 10 years. According to ASIC's investigation, Ben Cheung engaged in misconduct between April 2013 and March 2014, during which he was an authorised ANZ representative. ASIC alleged that Cheung forged client ...

Prime Super awards insurance mandate to CommInsure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
Prime Super has appointed CommInsure as its new group insurer following a competitive tender process. The partnership takes effect on 1 May 2016. "This is an exciting change to the group life insurance arrangements for Prime Super. Our goals in undertaking ...

China emerging as fintech leader

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
China is taking a leading presence in the fintech sector, according to KPMG research. In partnership with H2 Ventures, KPMG released the Fintech 100 report, which lists the top 50 established "leaders" in the sector along with 50 emerging companies. ...

AB wins industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
An industry superannuation fund has appointed AllianceBernstein (AB) to manage an equity risk-management overlay strategy. AustSafe Super aims to increase risk-adjusted returns for its members by allocating a proportion of its international equities ...