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ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... totaling about $10 billion, according to research from Rainmaker Information commissioned by Industry Super Australia. The study found that the super industry drew an estimated $30 billion in fees during the 2014/15 financial year, with 91% of that revenue ...

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... numbers of managed funds in addition to direct equities and model portfolios. Managed account platforms in the Rainmaker study offer 4,000 investment choices of which only 366 are model portfolios, he said. Managed account platform operators grappling ...

FPA retirement planning scholarships awarded

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia and Challenger have awarded five UNSW scholarships for FPA members to study retirement planning. The scholarship winners are KeyPlay Financial Services' Anthony White, MyState Wealth Management's Philip ...

AMP offers Adviser Academy course via Griffith

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... financial advisers with the foundation knowledge they need to deliver high-quality advice to customers. "We know that flexible study options are important, especially for people who need to work, have children or are living remotely. We've improved flexibility ...

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The Australian financial services industry has painted itself as only mildly innovative according to a study by National Australia Bank (NAB). About 39% of small-to-medium enterprises in finance have suggested there is a culture of innovation among ...

UK moves away from annuities: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... where to invest the residual fund to achieve the required balance of return between growth and income." He said the case study looks at how segregated income needs may be identified and met by using different income sources, and how income and/or capital ...

Early insurance claimants return to work faster

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... discovered probabilities do not directly correspond to any one superannuation fund (either included or excluded from the study) but they do provide a critical framework for pricing and relative models against which actuaries can measure their fund's ...

Japan joins Asia Region Funds Passport

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... benefits of cross-border financial services will remain within the Asian region, instead of Asian savings benefiting Europe." A study by AT Kearney and the FSC shows it is conceivable that the ARFP could exceed $600 billion of funds under administration ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... list Australian super funds recorded a five-year compound growth rate of 11% per annum - ahead of most other regions in the study. Total assets of the world's largest 300 pension funds grew by more than 3% in 2014 to reach a new high of more than US$15 ...

Advisers key to encourage charitable giving

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... shrinks to 29% for people that want to leave a charitable gift in their will. Of those, only 7.5% end up doing so. A 2014 study into charitable bequests by Perpetual-owned The Trust Company found that people who seek advice to write their will are not ...