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Financial planning

SMSF members who deliberately hold an APRA-regulated fund for life insurance are at risk of losing this benefit if they fail to act before legislation comes into play in ...

Life/Risk

Australians are at risk of losing their life insurance cover when superannuation changes come into effect in July, as AIA Australia, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporati...

Superannuation

The Grattan Institute has stood by its position that the superannuation guarantee (SG) should remain at 9.5 per cent, saying that predictions of insufficient retirement i...

People & Products

Mercer has appointed investment strategist Gwion Moore as head of investment strategy....

Superannuation

Almost one million working Australians aren’t receiving superannuation and the often-cited cause of self-employment isn’t the only driver, with 43 per cent of these worke...

Features

Anastasia Santoreneos asks whether, as responsible investing proves to be more than just a fad, investors should be opting to divest from troublesome companies or remain ...

Financial planning

Negative sentiment in the industry around Labor’s proposed franking dividends reform is still running high as Federal election predictions heat up, at least amongst advis...

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission’s controversial ‘best in show’ default super fund list could prove hard to break into, as economies of scale see the 10 funds to feature exten...

People & Products

Mercer has appointed Michael Armitage as head of investment consulting in the firm’s institutional wealth team. ...

People & Products

Mercer has appointed former KPMG executive, Gaye Morris, as its people and culture leader....

People & Products

Franklin Templeton has appointed a senior director of institutional business, responsible for managing and building relationships with institutional investors. ...

Superannuation

There’s a new kid on the superannuation block with Mercer and Kogan.com announcing this morning that they will together launch a new “no frills, ultra-low fee” super fund...

Rate the raters

Despite a change in planners’ sentiment, Oksana Patron finds in the second part of Money Management's Rate the Raters survey that Lonsec remained their favourite research...

Superannuation

The changing structure of the Australian workforce means that the Keating’s superannuation system needs updating to better suit how people work nearly three decades after...

People & Products

The Financial Services Council has announced the appointment of Bryce Doherty and Ben Walsh to its board....

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