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Zero-margin platforms could target Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
Australia's "slow to innovate" investment platform landscape could be threatened by the arrival of overseas "zero-margin" providers, according to Bravura Solutions research. Referencing economist Jeremy Rifkin's The Zero Marginal Cost Society, Bravura's ...

Give first home buyers access to super: CEDA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
First home buyers should have access to their superannuation funds to purchase owner-occupied housing perhaps in return for the familiy home being counted in the pension assets test, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has said. ...

Future Super launches fossil free index

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
Investors interested in Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed companies considered to be fossil fuel free and sustainably sound have been given a helping hand. Today Thomson Reuters and Future Super have launched two indices aiming to serve growing ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
British Airways is taking one of its pension fund's trustees to court over increases in payments to the airline's retired workers. At the heart of the case, which will be heard next February, is the cloudy relationship between the trustee and the entity ...

Planners ready for Trowbridge

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Around 80% of planners are prepared to make changes to their business models should the Trowbridge recommendations be implemented, according to Investment Trends research. The June 2015 Planner Risk Report suggests most (roughly 75%) financial advisers ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Activism from fund members and social media users concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues could end up hurting superannuation returns. The recent campaign against HESTA's exposure to Transfield has highlighted the risks that ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
"You say it best when you say nothing at all." - Ronan Keating Or rather, they did - the voting and non-voting members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC). Their conflicting stances did not settle the when of the lift-off issue one single ...

Fiducian reports growth after restructure

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
Fiducian net profit after tax grew 28% for the year to 30 June 2015, during which the financial planning group restructured and acquired a number of advice businesses. The group's profit was $5.7 million, up from $4.5 million the year before, while ...

Record IOOF inflows

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
IOOF has seen a record $1.7 billion in net fund inflows to its flagship platforms in the 12 months to 30 June, up 19% on last year. Underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) was also up strongly on last year, rising 41% to $174 million. Statutory NPAT ...

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
Superannuation funds are reassuring members not to panic amidst global share market turbulence because it is unlikely to have significant impact over the long term. AustSafe Super chief executive Craig Stevens said regardless of what is happening in ...