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AFA Foundation donations continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... AFA Foundation has made donations to a number of charities this financial year including: Ronald McDonald House Charities Young Care Team Kids Women and Children's Hospital Foundation Cancer Council Garvan Medical Research Foundation

Gen X and Y not looking to robo advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
The majority (80%) of generation X and Y would prefer face to face advice over robo advice but are only willing to pay a maximum of $250 to receive it, according to new research from ING Direct. The research reveals that adaptation will be central for ...

Ausbil wins industry fund mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Ausbil Investment Management has been awarded an Australian equity mandate by a prominent industry super fund. Prime Super has tasked the fund manager with managing $100 million through its Australian Active Equity Strategy. Managed by chief executive ...

Australians pessimistic about retirement lifestyle

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
The majority of Australians aged 45 and up (53.1%) believe that they will not have an adequate super balance or income to maintain their desired lifestyle in retirement, according to new research from CoreData. CoreData's 2016 Post Retirement Report ...

Is tapping into super to pay off student debt a good idea?

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... of their working life raise their yearly disposable income by $2,038 and substantially alleviate financial pressures that young families may be experiencing. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has hit back at the idea which has ...

Lifestage funds outperform early

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Differences in the performance trends of MySuper single investment strategies and MySuper lifecycle products are beginning to emerge according to the latest Rainmaker research. Rainmaker recently combined the quarterly returns of both MySuper investment ...

ETF Securities closes 10 ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... ETFS. He also noted that ETF closures are unusual in Australia, arguing this is because the industry is still relatively young. "In Europe and the US they are standard fair where investors have not shown interest in an ETF over a certain period of time. ...

Melbourne and Perth to receive a $25m arts education initiative

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... joint initiative was announced based on the success of the Western Sydney Arts Initiative. The program will provide more young Australians with the opportunity to engage with the arts and help them reach their full potential. Chair of the Packer Family ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... excluded from the mainstream. This was the constant message delivered by First Nations Foundation chief executive Amanda Young at the recent Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Adelaide. Young told the conference it is estimated that 43.1% ...

SMSFs winning over younger Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
SMSFs appear to be gaining more traction with younger people with the latest data from the ATO showing 43% of new SMSFs are established by members younger than 45, whilst 25% of new funds are set up by members older than 55 as they approach retirement. ...