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Industry funds challenged by lack of in-house advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... Colonial First State (CFS), AMP and BT Financial Group have an average of 1,000 superannuation members per adviser, the figure is much higher for advisers working for industry super funds. Tria found that the average number of members per planner for ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... practice. Macro trends such as the aging population and baby boomers moving to retirement mean that the industry needs to figure out what they need, "how we help them live a dignified retirement." The pace of change is being increased by the changes ...

AMP China Fund changes "too weak": unit holders

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... fund's constitution and allowing unit holders to call for a wind up or open ending of AGF if the discount exceeds that figure on any month end from 30th April 2016." The unit holder said that "AMP Capital has shown a reluctance to engage in actions which ...

Financial services most at risk from disruption

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The banking and financial services industry is uniquely placed to suffer most from the wave of digital disruption that is sweeping the world. That's according to Citi managing director of customer experience Linda Duncombe, who opened the Afiniation ...

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... small-to-medium enterprises in finance have suggested there is a culture of innovation among their respective businesses. The figure was lower among the top 300 listed companies (ASX 300) with 32% recording a culture of innovation among their respective ...

Australian pre-retirees streets ahead of US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Industry bodies often say people's super savings will not fund a comfortable retirement, but new stats from the US show just how far ahead Australia is. Figures from US researcher Bankrate show that 26% of Americans ages 50 to 54 have no savings. That ...

Hostplus CEO joins ACSI board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Hostplus chief executive David Elia was recently appointed as a director on the board of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson confirmed the appointment and said the council was pleased to have ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
"Suspense is worse than disappointment." -Robert Burns From today, we're getting more of it after Janet and her bunch of merry FOMC members decided to treat us - or prolong our agony, depending on which side of the fence one sits - to more of the same. ...

TAL, Zurich dominate life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... $7.032 billion was paid in death and disability claims over the past year. This is up considerably on the previous year's figure of $6.259 billion." Interestingly, despite providing extensive research and ratings for different insurers, the report also ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Australian superannuation funds should not be worrying about their local counterparts and be more concerned with what international pension funds are doing as competition for assets continues to grow. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...