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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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People & Products

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

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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People & Products

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

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People & Products

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

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People & Products

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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People & Products

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

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