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Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... non-productive assets in the form of housing and changing this should be the policy priority, not making older Australians feel insecure in housing they spent a lifetime paying off." National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill said the group does ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... tremendous boost [in demand from China]," Ms Bitel told Fairfax Media on a visit to Australia." (AFR) Now compare these "feel good" comments with yesterday's SMH news headline, "'Australia headed for recession': Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance ...

Zurich restructures retail life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... and execution to benefit advisers and their customers," Zurich life and investments general manager Philip Kewin said. "We feel this sentiment has been lost in much of the recent industry dialogue." He added, "The retail income protection market has ...

Aged care, gold opportunity for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... said they felt they have "some understanding of the options available in choosing and paying for aged-care services, but feel it is insufficient." Almost one in five felt they have "no understanding at all." Respondents had not planned for an aged care ...

Super funds should engage in pub theory

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
An Australian superannuation fund hosting your next pub trivia night could soon be a reality if it is not already happening, according to experts in behavioural science. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy's Law No Virginia, I'm not feeling particularly glum and gloomy today just putting my shoe on the other put and wondering what if the Fed gets it wrong? The timing of the lift-off, that is. The financial ...

Robo revolution to benefit human advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... It found that most households in the US do not have the fundamental understanding of financial topics that allows them to feel comfortable making decisions solely by themselves. Furthermore, an increase in the availability of online tools to help these ...

Australians undecided about higher super for women

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... close the gender gap. Interestingly men made up 63% of the "no" response. The results also show about a quarter of women feel sad or scared when they think about retirement. It backs recent findings from an ME Bank survey of more than 1000 Australians ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... what other people in the market are doing but in the end we focused on a product that made the most sense. In addition, we feel our product for members is quite simple - four stages - but it also achieves the objectives that we have." Spence says the ...

Philanthropists contribute to Australian literature

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... experiment, take risks, and give the necessary time and care to their work. It's a writer's prize to a fellow writer, and I feel very moved in accepting it," she continued.