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Gen X and Y not looking to robo advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... ING Direct said: "This presents some interesting opportunities and challenges for advisers; they have to start to bridge the gap between the different attitudes and approaches between Gen X and Gen Y in terms of an ongoing relationship vs. ah-hoc compartmentalisation. ...

SMSFA collaborates for education program

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... specialist advisors in the SMSF sector and their need to continually upgrade their skills." "We recognised there has been a gap in the market to offer self-managed super fund specialists a graduate-level program, and we're excited to be collaborating ...

Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... partner Dr Spencer Maughan said: "Australia has a very high standard of scientific research and innovation, but historically a gap has existed in the capital and expertise available to commercialise these ideas." "In the past year there has been a significant ...

Cash top of mind for investors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... strongly agreeing that they would focus on international investments in 2016, compared to the global average of 22%. The income gap for Australian investors has also narrowed in the past four years, falling to 1.6% in comparison with 3.2% in 2013. This ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... previous month's A$3.2 billion shortfall and disappointing consensus expectations for an improvement to a A$2.5 billion trade gap. Exports, or goods and services credits, fell by 1.0% over the month led by a 20% drop in "non-monetary gold" shipments. ...

Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
New data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows the retirement savings gender gap is highest for women who work part-time and are in the bottom two tax brackets. The gap in super savings is most severe for females on lower taxable incomes ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... minister for sport and shadow assistant minister for investment and productivity listed adequacy, tax concessions and the gender gap as the three key benchmarks Labor will use to evaluate the government's superannuation policy. Chalmers outlined four ...

Indigenous workers retire with 27pct less: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... workers will, on average, retire with about 27% less in super savings than non-indigenous workers. The cluster believes that 27% gap translates to a potential $165,000 less in super over a 40-year working life for the average indigenous worker at age ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... indigenous Australians are fully or severely financially excluded, and the foundation was working extremely hard to close that gap. However the gap in some areas is increasing. The chief executive explained that the gap between indigenous and mainstream ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... testing with a focus on "prudential soundness" following period of underperformance in the industry. "There has clearly been a gap between community expectation and industry practice that needs to be closed," Byres said. He also had more general comments ...