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Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... commissions make life insurance advice or products more available or accessible but there is plenty of evidence that they lead to poor quality sales driven advice which is detrimental to industry super fund members," said ISA director of public affairs ...

Is now the time to buy IOOF?

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Investors and advisers could benefit from the sharp drop in IOOF share price following information in the media about misconduct within its research and wealth management divisions. IOOF share price dropped as much as 21% on Monday as the market reacted ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Among the 81 findings in the Australian Infrastructure Audit Report released in April, was a statement that said over recent years, rates of public and private investment in infrastructure have been higher than the long-term average. Yet the audit goes ...

Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
The chief executive of superannuation research and advice firm Rice Warner believes Australians will be set up for poor retirement unless the industry kills off its many myths. In his latest column for Rice Warner, Michael Rice said many proposed solutions ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... modelling found that nearly half (48%) of 40-54 Australian workers "in very good health" will likely "see a decline to fair or poor health by 2035." "The good news is that Australians are living longer. But we know more years in retirement places more ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... decade, in late stages of rallies in 2007, when it climbed as high as 66, and early 2010, when the peak was 47. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index has a median ratio of about 20, data compiled by Bloomberg show." This report was published on 26 March this ...

CPA sets up independent advice license

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... advice in this country," the organisation said in a statement. "Too many everyday Australians have suffered as a result of poor financial advice driven by conflicts of interest," CPA chief executive Alex Malley said. Malley will also become the chief ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... stock market on Wednesday slumped to its lowest level since January with sentiment about both the local and global economy poor. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 52.4 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 5,583.6 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

ASIC looking to introduce civil laws to punish corporates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... chairman Greg Medcraft has told a Senate Estimates hearing that the big six banks and regional counterparts have no excuse for poor corporate culture. During today's hearing Medcraft said ASIC meets with each institution on several occasions throughout ...

Super delivers 12.2% for year end April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... delivered just 3% which means investors with cash-heavy portfolios such as retirees or SMSFs are likely to be experiencing very poor returns only marginally positive in 'real' inflation adjusted terms. The top 5 Workplace funds are PSSap, CSS, Military ...