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Cost pressures spark Vanguard fee cuts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... cheaper than bond investing. "This announcement today sees some of our funds moving to about one fifth of the average Australian managed fund fee of the comparable asset classes," said Laidlaw. "In bear markets, investors unfortunately see the compounding ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... have as many smartphones as people, and if you add in the number of traditional and legacy mobile phones, on average Australian consumers will have more than one phone device each. This will create opportunities and challenges for businesses and governments ...

Gap increasing between consumers and cost of advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... Investment Trends new research which was based on a study of 1,443 Australian adults. The report also found that the average Australian expects to pay $590 in total for their financial advice, down from $670 in 2010. "With planners estimating that it ...

Super beats term deposits: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... told reporters. "By world standards that is a very competitive return. If I take to the level of detail for an average Australian, if they had invested in super 15 years ago they are getting today a 39% better outcome then if they put their money in ...

Yale returns tough to replicate: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... end 2010 are 6%. It holds 51% of its assets in hedge funds and private equity. This more than three times the average Australian super fund's alternatives allocation. Only 19% of YEF's assets are held in traditional equities and bonds, with less than ...

Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... retirement income. The shortfall is even wider for those who take career breaks, with the research showing that the average Australian woman who takes a seven-year career break, starting at age 30, will have a quarter less on their super account balance ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... But uncertainty surrounding 'fee for service' lingered throughout the year, highlighted by news that that the average Australian was only willing to pay $300 for advice. Deals featured prominently, none moreso that the long running saga surrounding AXA. ...

Australians willing to pay just $300 for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The average Australian believes financial advice should cost just $300 upfront - almost 10 times less what planners say is the break-even cost of providing full advice, and a figure planners are calling "completely unrealistic". New research from Investment ...

NZ Super to look for green mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... socially responsible investing. In July, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund reported returns that beat the average Australian super fund by 50 per cent, buoyed by a portfolio that is heavily biased towards international equities - and arguably by keeping ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... in SG]," she said. The super fund commissioned research, conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries, which found the average Australian retiring at 65 years old would only have 60 per cent of their equivalent income come retirement based on current SG levels. ...