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Retirement income expert joins SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... Association announced a superannuation and retirement income veteran will join its Public Policy Committee in an effort to institute strong policy settings in these areas. Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper will provide expertise and knowledge ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... chairs and non-executive directors who had an insight into the evolution of board succession practices. The Australian Institute of Company Directors' ASX 200 directors were also invited to participate in an online survey. An experienced board evaluation ...

US project to end pension politics

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... by a former state treasurer - is demanding pension plan managers stop putting politics before prudent investment. The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI) says if a fund manager is investing pension money based on political reasons and not purely ...

Why wait for Royal Commission to address trust?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... care less about Royal Commission findings and are more concerned about professional standards. The Financial Services Institute of Australasia's (FINSIA) latest research highlighted consumers' lack of confidence in the professionalism of the financial ...

Treat real estate agents like advisers: REIA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... agents should be treated like financial advisers and be directly remunerated by the real estate vendor, the Real Estate Institute of Australia advised in a Royal Commission submission. REIA president Malcolm Gunning noted a proliferation of businesses ...

Tradies test predictive underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... 20 to 30 days will no longer be acceptable," he said. Early this year, ANZ Wealth partnered with Advanced Analytics Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS AAi) to use machine learning and big data to build a more reliable application and ...

Suncorp appoints director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... relations. Falzon is also a senior FINSIA fellow, where she has previously lectured, and a member of the Women's Leadership Institute Australia. She is currently a member of the governing board of Cabrini Health and the chairman of the Cabrini foundation ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... likely to trust human financial planners over robo-advisers - and by an overwhelming majority, according to the CFA Institute's 2018 survey of investor trust. More than 80% of the Aussie retail investors surveyed said they were likely to trust recommendations ...

AIST president and board director switch seats

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president David Smith is leaving his post after a two-year term and a board director has climbed up to the fill the presidency. Catherine Bolger will be AIST's new president. She has been a board director ...

Increasing SG is not the answer: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... products, are not inappropriately eroding retirement income," she said. In its pre-budget submission, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) said waiting until 1 July 2025 for the SG to hit 12% represents a "major setback to a key ...