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China trip provides first-hand insights

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... sidelines." To provide Australian investors with a better understanding, Premium China Funds Management has organised a study tour, which will see more than 60 Australian financial advisers explore China later this month. On the back of recent monetary ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Conventional investment wisdom has been sidelined by continued market volatility, said a study commissioned by Principal Global Investors. As a result, the report, undertaken by CREATE-Research, said new ways of investing and managing assets through ...

Aust super system failing retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... of baby boomers resorting to the aged pension after spending their entire superannuation to pay off debt, a CPA Australia study has shown. In light of the new study findings, the accounting body CPA is calling on the government to consider a major overhaul ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... prices, presumably both by lowering discount rates and by improving the economic outlook." As for the economic effects, "... a study using the Board's FRB/US model of the economy found that, as of 2012, the first two rounds of LSAPs may have raised the ...

AMP training program to attract women advisers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... program aims to encourage more women into a profession where they are significantly under-represented by offering part-time study and then part-time work as they establish their careers - and in general, anyone seeking to combine a greater work/life ...

Remove insurance from super: Cassidy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... nations in the developed world, with 95% of the population inadequately covered, according to FSC affiliate Lifewise. A recent study from Macquarie Life which surveyed 1000 Australians showed that of those who do not have life insurance, 62% said they ...

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... fellow workers in recessionary countries, according to new Towers Watson research. Results from its latest Global Workforce Study (GWS) reveal that more than half of Australian employees (56%) are worried about their future financial state compared to ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... Australia's universal superannuation system - make them highly inefficient. The Australia Institute's (TAI) recently released study, 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", reveals that within five years - according to the Commonwealth Budget ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australia Institute (TAI) has just released a study, 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", where they reveal that within five years, according to the Commonwealth Budget Papers, the costs of the nation's taxation subsidies will climb ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... still focused on returns, of which the group participants were skeptical, leading to what was termed a "trust gap," the study found.