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FinPal integrates broking capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... for the increasing overlap of broking with financial advice. The next release of the FinPal software will seek to bridge the gap created by advisers and brokers using different, disconnected software systems, resulting in disjointed client experience. ...

Diversification trumping growth: Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
Latest Schroders broker research suggests diversification is overtaking growth as the primary driver of asset allocation strategy. About 50 brokers were surveyed and suggested that establishing a "well-diversified portfolio that will rise in most, but ...

SMSF balance gap to close: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
The superannuation reforms could narrow the growing self-managed super fund balance gap between male and female members, latest Class insights show. Men typically have 37% more assets than women, and between the ages of 60 and 80 men can retire with ...

New consultancy bridges IFA support gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The rate financial advisers are leaving vertically integrated channels has motivated two industry experts to establish a "ruthlessly independent" community. GreenZone Australia co-founder and partner, Geoff Rimmer, said a significant number of advisers ...

BEAR has 'teeth': Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... management ability to prepare for and manage a financial crisis, which was lacking in the legislative framework. Plugging this gap will enable APRA to step in or take over a failing bank or insurer with a crisis management toolkit, proving "invaluable" ...

Super guarantee must be 12pct: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... superannuation balances to both men and women, and in turn lifting the living standards for retirees, however there's still quite a gap to reach comfortable and modest retirement levels. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said many recent retirees will ...

Super lump sums increase poverty risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
A high prevalence of Australians receiving superannuation payments as a lump sum is exacerbating the risk of retirees falling into poverty, a global study shows. Three out of 10 Australian retirees over 75-years-old are income-poor, and living on less ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is urging the Senate to reject the Turnbull Government's proposal to mandate a governance model for superannuation funds and preserve the equal representation rule. In response to the Superannuation ...

SMSFs narrow performance gap: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... compared with about 10% in MySuper products. On a positive note, the SG360 SMSF reference index is closing in on the performance gap over the three-year and five-year time horizon of 1.2% and 1.9% respectively (see Graph 1). Over a 10-year period, both ...

Traditional funds too apathetic to super start-ups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... superannuation," he said. "The "one-size-fits-all" approach will no longer suffice and the new players fulfilling a perceived gap in the market by catering to the individual needs of investors speak to that."