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Super fund returns fall again in September

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... Australian equites would have underperformed in the year to September. In market segment terms these results mean that the gap between not-for-profit (NFP) funds and retail funds is continuing as within the Workplace sector the 12 month return gap is ...

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... their wealth operations. With the rise of robo-advice, a digital financial revolution is underway that will help bridge the gap between what consumers are willing to pay for advice and what advisers are willing to charge. "With such a large portion of ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... current ACOSS statistics that places 35% of Australians over 65 as living in poverty," he said. Bielinko considered the growing gap between life expectancy and the eligible age for the Age Pension. She made recommendations to provide a way for low income ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... contributions for women returning to work. It is a measure being considered by the federal government to address the super savings gap, largely experienced by disruptions in women's working life. "Our members are nurses, aged care workers and child carers ...

AFA gives Education, Michael Murphy awards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... state director of the AFA, Porter has been dubbed the grandfather of GenXt, an AFA initiative that began in 2006 to bridge the gap in knowledge, skills, experience and networks between experienced advisers and new entrants to the profession. AFA chief ...

Women to inherit 70% of intergenerational wealth: report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... women. The dilemma, however, creates a need for good professional advice to help women make up for the gender-based savings gap. But George said women tackle finance-related issues very differently to men. When they are looking at their finances and ...

Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
If superannuation funds' investment performance is to be compared on an "apples with apples" basis there are several key points to consider, according to researcher Rainmaker Information. This week Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member ...

Imputation's economic effects unclear: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... from it. He said the benefit to society is "that we have more physical investment because the distortion of tax creates a gap between socially productive investment and private productive investment, which is reduced by the role of imputation." Davis ...

NAB pays $1.7 million in compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... In April, NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn said the bank planned to take a "leading role" in addressing the compensation gap for victims of poor financial advice.

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... ideas were based on Rice Warner's 2015 Underinsurance in Australia report, which highlighted a $1.8 trillion underinsurance gap in Australia. This "gap" was based on levels of life insurance, total and permanent disability (TPD) and income protection ...