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ACT government fund appoints First State Super

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... chosen following a number of criteria, including that tendering funds needed to have an AAA SelectingSuper quality assessment. "This outcome gives a very strong endorsement of First State Super in the marketplace," the fund's chief executive Michael ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year Award

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... fantastic outcomes available to clients through receiving quality financial advice," he said at the time. In their assessment, judges will look for efforts made by candidates to improve the financial literacy of their clients, prospects, and the community ...

La Trobe pooled mortgage fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... performance of the PMO is driven by the quality of its assets. We therefore welcome Zenith's description of our credit assessment processes as robust and stringent." The fund manager said it will be making further rating announcements shortly.

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
A recent rise in bond yields across Europe, America and Australia is nothing but a blip on the radar according to Altair Asset Management chief economist, Stephen Roberts. In his latest economic insights column, Roberts said the risk of recession in ...

Super non-compliance endemic: ATO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Publicly the ATO has said "overall employers demonstrate high levels of voluntary compliance" yet its internal risk assessment said "probable estimate of employers not meeting their SG obligations is between 11 and 20%". The assessment also said SG non-compliance ...

CBA compensation payments total $79,702 so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... the ARp team continue to reside within the Customer and Information Management streams, which are responsible for the assessment and retrieval of customer advice files, respectively," the Promontory report said. CBA acknowledged that the retrieval of ...

Barrett firm acquires Pride Advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... here is that firms are always trying to better themselves, and there are tangible things you can look at to make that assessment." Barrett stressed that AZNGA was an "advice firm" first and foremost, and that as a result he wasn't interested in buying ...

Lawyer slams NAB compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... assess their case," he said. He added that CBA and Macquarie provide former clients with funds if they want to get an assessment of their case outside the bank. NAB does not provide the funding, but it encourages that the client's independent adviser ...

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... are fully protected, without having to go through the extra administrative step of sourcing and submitting a health assessment." Customers who have already made a TPD or crisis claim will be able to purchase life cover up to a year after their original ...

AFA looking for next adviser of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... [rates] as exceptional, but whose performance has also been highly rated by their clients through the client feedback assessment we conduct as part of the judging process." Awards are now open to application and close on July 17. They will be judged ...