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Advice industry wasting potential on old models

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Numerous financial advisers are resisting change and not doing enough to increase the value of their practice when the time calls for a successful exit and comfortable retirement. Tynan Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan said ...

Finalist feedback on future of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... have the highest standard of education qualification," Kewin said. It wasn't to say that experienced advisers aren't good enough, but about changing public perceptions and a desire to feel proud of their profession, he explained. Sillar added: "Some ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Australian consumers are happier in September than last month. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute (WBC-MI) index of consumer sentiment jumped by 2.5% to a reading of 97.9 this month from 95.5 in August with nearly all the survey's sub-indices recording ...

BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... and the Government's proposed executive accountability regime is a step in the right direction - though it may not go far enough, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event in Sydney yesterday, Medcraft said holding ...

"Enough is enough": Women in Super launch national campaign

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... superannuation to be paid on parental leave. "When around 40% of older single retired women live in poverty, we need to stop and say enough is enough," Wood said. "We must do better than a system that sees women retiring with 47% less than men. This ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... 7.3%. The Australian dollar reached a high of US$0.811 during last week's trading before closing at US$0.806. And sure enough, just as a falling Australian dollar brings out forecasts of more drops to come - remember the bearish $A outlook that did the ...

Group insurance inaction is "robbery": Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Group insurers not doing enough to prevent the growing problem of employees owning multiple superannuation funds and life insurance premiums is equivalent to theft, according to today's life insurance parliamentary inquiry. Senate Parliamentary Joint ...

Labor takes aim at executive pay

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... the previous reporting regime, but described these measures as "half-hearted" and "piecemeal". "The requests don't go far enough. Taxpayers foot the bill for these well-paid executives and have a right to know how much they receive," Chalmers said. "Only ...

Adviser education renews ethics focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... ethics at its Professionals Congress in November. Click to view the congress program. Disclosure and transparency aren't enough - an adviser might be open and transparent about selling a product, but that doesn't mean they are acting with integrity ...

Future Fund expected to grow to $200bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
The Future Fund expects to grow to more than $200 billion over the next decade, enough to cover all unfunded superannuation liabilities of the Commonwealth though the whole of this century. Results for 2016-17 released this morning show the $133 billion ...