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Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... members, but many are convinced that this only works in theory. The Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy stuck to her guns at the recent SMSFA Conference, forging ahead with the idea that financial advice should be easily accessible within financial ...

PwC appoints insurance leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
PwC Australia today announced the appointment of Yoshiro Makita as insurance leader for Australia within the firm's Financial Services business. Makita joined the Australian firm, transferring from PwC Japan where he led that its insurance consulting ...

PwC names financial services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced senior leadership changes that includes appointing a new lead for its financial services unit. Tom Gunson has been promoted to the role of financial services leader, overseeing the consulting, assurance and financial ...

Effects of ERS not so bad: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
Despite over $34 billion being removed from the super system, the Grattan Institute is sticking to its guns that the effects of the Early Release of Super scheme will not have too great of an impact on retirement outcomes. Speaking at the digital Morningstar ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... stand-out despite the many competing distractions brought about by COVID-19. "What I find in times like this is the real guns, the really good operators, they rise to the top. They make themselves very obvious," Barrett said. Barrett told Financial Standard ...

Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... conditions and an ample degree of monetary accommodation." To be sure, not even Christine Lagarde wants to come out with all guns blazing in her debut as the new ECB president; nor was there urgent need to do so. The December 2019 Eurosystem staff macroeconomic ...

NZ Super dumps guns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
Hot on the heels of the passage of new gun laws in New Zealand, the NZ Super Fund has divested all companies involved in the manufacturing of automatic and semi-automatic weapons. The fund confirmed companies involved in the manufacture of civilian ...

Robert slates industry over inactive accounts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... this, they've all streamed through my door, like there's no tomorrow. "I've never seen so many lobbyists, and so many hired guns, and industry super rolling in - it was like thunder. Which is fine, and I'll see anyone, I don't think there's anyone in ...

OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
After a damning report card by the Royal Commission, the big question is where to now for retail superannuation and its advisory network ecosystem? At least we know what's not part of the answer: the status quo. Retail superannuation may not be ...

Westpac executive remuneration voted down

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... stating that making financial planning "work" within the group was underestimated, Westpac is nonetheless sticking to its guns by retaining its wealth management arm when the other major banks are attempting to exit the sector. In other agenda items ...
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