Super must be allowed to achieve its objective

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Any plans to reduce the savings of middle Australia will increase long term pressure on the Federal Budget the Financial Services Council said last week. Sally Loane, CEO of the... Read more continue reading

Standard Life Investments appoints new head of stewardship and ESG investment

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Standard Life Investments, the global investment manager, has appointed Euan Stirling to the new role of Head of Stewardship and Environmental, Social, Governance Investment. The creation of this role reflects... Read more continue reading

FSC Life Conference registrations now open

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Registrations are now open for the FSC Life Insurance Conference to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney on Wednesday, 16 March, 2016. This event offers a quality program... Read more continue reading

Rubik reinforces client focus with senior institutional account manager

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Financial services software company Rubik Financial (Rubik) has appointed Lanie Conquest, as Senior Institutional Account Manager. Reporting to Marc Hraiki, group executive – sales and relationship management, Ms Conquest will... Read more continue reading

Lonsec upgrades QUAL ETF to ‘Recommended’

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Van Eck Australia announced today that Lonsec has upgraded its Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF to “Recommended”. Arian Neiron, Managing Director, Van Eck Australia said, “The Market... Read more continue reading

TES is ‘no basis’ to assess merits of super tax incentives

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Calls to cut superannuation tax incentives because of their reported size in the Tax Expenditure Statement (TES) are short-sighted and ignore the simplistic nature of these measurements, says SMSF Association... Read more continue reading

ANZ extends partnership with Macquarie to provide wrap solutions

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ANZ has announced it has entered into an agreement for Macquarie Investment Management Limited to develop a new wrap platform for ANZ’s advice partners that will be available from May 2016.... Read more continue reading

Brett Clark elected to FSC Board

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Brett Clark, Group CEO and Managing Director of TAL has been elected to the board of the Financial Services Council. “Brett brings a deep understanding of financial services to the... Read more continue reading

FPA connects more Australians with quality advice through enhanced ‘Find a Planner’ technology

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is connecting more consumers with FPA members via its enhanced ‘Find a Planner’ tool. The ‘Find a Planner’ directory enables consumers to search... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees reviews corporate trustee services strategy; SG Hiscock takes on retail distribution

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Following a strategic review of retail distribution at both Equity Trustees and SG Hiscock & Company (SGH), the businesses have made the joint decision that retail distribution for all SGH... Read more continue reading