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Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... deliver continual poor performance, lack transparency, and face unsustainable outflows of money, saying that the authority will push for mergers between funds in the future. As expected, the superannuation sector broadly welcomed the extended relief ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... usually completely opaque to consumers, or at least not well understood," the report said. "Globally, there is a greater push towards 'fee-for-service' advice models, as seen in the UK, Australia Canada, and the USA. Unfortunately, for large segments ...

Treasurer launches new financial system inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The government is launching yet another inquiry that will investigate the level of competition across Australia's financial system. The Productivity Commission has been tasked to deliver better outcomes for consumers and small businesses, as well as ...

Government pushes ahead with new ASIC funding model

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
The Federal Government has released its exposure draft legislation for ASIC's new industry-funded cost recovery model. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said the model represents "the next step in meeting the Government's commitment ...

Super insurance must be standardised: ISWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is pushing to standardise how super funds communicate life insurance information to members. In its third discussion paper released today, the working group highlights three in ten Australians have no clue ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Australia's inflation numbers are out! And it's got something for everyone - hawks, doves and in-betweeners - in terms of RBA monetary policy direction. This is because the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index's latest report ...

Zurich launches life insurance app

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... have simplified, direct access to clients' life insurance information via a new app from Zurich. ZLife Mobile, equipped with push notification capability, provides advisers with up-to-date client information on the go and is designed to give them greater ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... beyond tough rhetoric. But given the personalities involved - Trump and Kim - it's also not surprising that one or both would push the launch button. This would induce heightened volatility in the financial markets and benefit safe-haven assets such ...

NAB Wealth hire targets growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
A new appointment at NAB Wealth will further the bank's push to grow its adviser network. Former AMP dealer group executive Stephen Carton will join NAB Wealth as the new business growth manager of strategic alliances and growth for Queensland and the ...

CBA spearheads push for quantum computing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
CBA is rolling out a simulation of a theoretical quantum computer to demonstrate how it could revolutionise banking and other industries. Unlike a traditional computer, where data is encoded into a binary system of zeroes and ones (bits), a quantum ...