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What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Melbourne-based Grattan Institute's research that argues lifting SG will "hurt living standards" of low-income earners - majority of whom are women.

InvestSMART to launch active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... bias towards undervalued companies, which is why the portfolio is underweight Australian banks. InvestSMART believes the majority of bank stocks are overvalued "and in the current environment, risks in the sector are also on the increase." The fund will ...

NAB to divest MLC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
NAB plans to exit the majority of its wealth management operations, including divestment of Australia's largest retail MySuper product. While the bank will continue to service high-net-worth clients via JBWere, it is shedding the rest of its wealth ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... Council Life Insurance Conference, found more than a third (36%) said the bar set by the code was too low, while the majority felt (59%) it was just right. When asked about the Insurance in Super Voluntary Code of Practice, the industry voiced strong ...

Retirement income expert joins SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... the broader superannuation industry." He added he is looking forward to playing a public policy role at a time when the majority of assets in SMSFs reach pension mode. "It will be critically important to get the policy settings right as we enter into ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
When selecting new board members, a majority (66.7%) of ASX 200 company boards tend to gravitate towards candidates whom they know - a situation which hinders the selection of female employees to male-dominated boards, according to a new survey from ...

Kina expands IRESS relationship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... the delivery of a broad range of digital member services. This sees paper-based forms removed from transactions and the majority of member transactions completed within one business day. Automated data matching ensures that member details in employer ...

Government to increase SMSF member limit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... implementation of this important reform, which is expected to commence late next year." Based on ATO FY16 figures, the majority or 69.8% of SMSFs have two members, while 22.9% have one member. Less than 4% of SMSFs have three and four members respectively. ...

Smaller super funds lead Roy Morgan rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... performance tables. "Although superannuation performance tables are produced and published regularly, it is unlikely that the majority of fund members will be sufficiently engaged to follow them closely, but rather act or not on how they feel about the ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... clients knocking on their doors as the institutions flounder in their response and work out how to rebuild trust. The majority of advisers have very clear beliefs around what quality advice is and isn't. The 'good' people in this industry are there because ...