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Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... investment. The statement comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit to be held on Tuesday. "There is a significant gap between the amount of capital that will be required to finance the transition to a low carbon and climate resilient economy ...

FUM breaks thru $2tr

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... representing around 19% of the total Australian FUM market. This penetration still lags the 29% level observed in the US but the gap is closing. While FUM allocated to the alternatives segment increased to 17% of the broad market not all alternatives ...

Institutions' bid to raise adviser education not genuine: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... announced significant increases to their advisers' minimum education standards. However, the union noted that "there is still the gap that an increased education standard would not address. The influence that conflicted remuneration models place on individuals ...

FOS demands licensee-funded consumer protection scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... margins of the formal financial services sector." The document says that the inquiry should recommend "that the regulatory gap in current consumer protection arrangements be fixed. "This is not about imposing any new regulatory obligations. Rather, it ...

Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... (NFP) super funds achieved 12 month returns of 10.9% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 9.7% for a segment gap that has jumped back above 100 basis points to 1.3 percentage points. The long term segment gap is 1.6 percentage points. ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... life, TPD or income protection insurance cover. Therefore, it has an important role to play in reducing the underinsurance gap for millions of individual fund members. Vamos added that insurance obtained through super is often cheaper than traditional ...

ASFA asks FSI for clear targets to measure super success

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... longer in retirement than ever before," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. In its submission ASFA also says the biggest gap in the current system is the design of retirement income streams and the lack of a suitable range of products flexible enough ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... conditions for expansion are in place but aren't yet fully confident it will happen. Nor is it confined to Australia. The gap between financial risk taking and 'real economy' risk taking is seen globally at present." "You can't make people be confident ...

New report stokes 'Compare the Pair' flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Institute has fanned the flames of the on-going performance debate between industry and retail funds by highlighting the returns gap between the two segments over the last 25 years. The research uses historical differences in crediting rates from 1987-2013 ...