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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite tech stocks at one point pushing the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday the June share price index futures contract was up ...

Could government issue its own annuities?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The government could play an active role in the creation of a functioning annuities and longevity insurance market, according to the Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry. While ...

Professor proposes cheap longevity insurance design

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
A Canadian finance professor has come up with a way of making lifetime annuities affordable by designing them so they only pay out if the market does badly. According to Moshe A. Milevsky of York University, Toronto, while lifetime and deferred lifetime ...

Accountants beat planners in consumer confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Accountants are a more trusted profession than financial advisers, with consumers giving them higher ethics and honesty ratings. The Roy Morgan annual 'Image of Professions' survey for 2014 revealed that only 28% of consumers believed financial advisers ...

Younger Australians taking interest in superannuation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Younger people are taking a more active interest in their superannuation, according to the latest quarterly MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey. In a break from tradition where younger people have typically been disengaged with their savings, the survey found ...

WaveStone launches local long-only equity fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
WaveStone Capital has launched a new long-only Australian equity fund which is designed to capture increasing demand for quality and growth-styled portfolios. The WaveStone Wholesale Australian Share Fund targets outperformance of the S&P/ ASX 300 Accumulation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after decisive rises on Wall Street following better-than-expected retail sales figures. At 0800 AEST on Tuesday the June share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 5,370. US March retail sales ...

AMP Capital launches new adviser research tool

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
AMP Capital has launched a new online resource centre to help financial advisers have more meaningful investment conversations with their clients. Sitting on AMP Capital's website, the Adviser Resource Centre provides financial advisers with easy access ...

Advisers at risk of losing three in 10 clients

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
Almost three in 10 (28.6%) Australians who currently receive financial advice are at risk of leaving their adviser, according to new research from CoreData. CoreData's 2014 Keys to Growth Report found those most at risk were less likely to have received ...

Mercer launches retirement adequacy index

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Mercer has launched a new tool that allows superannuation funds to measure whether their members are on track for a comfortable retirement. The Mercer Retirement Readiness Index (RRI) compares a members' projected retirement income against the ASFA ...