The use of LRBAs is not a threat to Australia’s superannuation system, despite concerns raised in the FSI, the IPA believes....
Multi-manager funds have been in use since the 1990s and their popularity has not diminished, with fund managers reworking their style and scope. As Jason Spits writes, t...
More than a quarter of all companies AMP Capital invests in have no female directors, an AMP Capital report showed....
AMP has recruited BT Financial Group’s Vicki Doyle to take over as its director of corporate super....
BTFG has moved into the second stage of its roll-out and will offer managed portfolios to its adviser users....
Australian listed property drive super funds, according to latest data from Morningstar....
Industry funds-owned ME Bank attributed its $29m after-tax underlying net profit to a high number of home loan settlements, settling $432 million in December 2014....
Limited seats available! The highly controversial Trowbridge report is set to be discussed live with John Trowbridge and an expert panel on Tuesday 21 April at the MM Lea...
Accessing a multi-manager fund may seem like a quick and simple approach to portfolio management for a client, and while the traditional use of these products have been f...
Australians should not be subjected to a concessional contributions cap that does not discriminate against the source of the contributions, the Institute of Public Accoun...
Is it worth paying a fund manager who bundles a series of asset classes or managers into a single vehicle and slaps a single price over the top claiming it is a better ve...
Super funds need to clearly communicate how their products can provide for retirees if they are claim their share of an estimated $480 billion opportunity presented by co...
There could be a shortage of advice availability for SMSF trustees if accountants do not move on licensing applications to advise on SMSF, AMP said....
APRA acknowledges evidence to Trade Union Royal Commission and warns on related party deals....
Smarter Money Investments’ cash fund has returned 4.1 per cent to investors and as a result received a $50 million mandate and five-star rating from Morningstar....
Outsider recently lunched in the corporate meeting rooms of a large bank which owns a large fund manager and was regaled with insights by one of its boffins into how the ...
Tax concessions on superannuation contributions should be restricted to young people and low income earners, the managing director a super fund believes....
The Federal Government is set to revert Life Insurance Act’s three-year threshold for unclaimed life insurance monies back to seven years....
Super funds are making a strong start to 2015, but have been able to maintain pace, according to Chant West....
Former Platinum deputy CIO, Jacob Mitchell, launches boutique manager in conjunction with Pinnacle Investment Management....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...