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Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... noting the median performance ESG super option returned 16.2% over the last year, while the median MySuper option brought home just 14.7%.

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... is to ascertain the degree to which retirees are supported by superannuation, the age pension and other savings including home equity. "However, as evident from a recent survey, Australia's retirees do not feel fully supported by the Australia's ...

Fidelity backs personality tests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... Celestial navigators are generally reasonably affluent and have complex needs from their financial adviser. They are on the home-stretch to retirement and want their adviser to get them there comfortably. GPS navigators want immediate issues addressed ...

AMP urged to mediate with advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, has urged AMP to formally commit to mediation as it moves to exit up to 250 financial planning businesses. Carnell said over 80 AMP advisers have visited her offices in the ...

Sargon runs out of steam

KANIKA SOOD, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... Sargon's entering external administration comes soon after its rebrand of another acquisition, Madison Financial Group which is home to about 110 advisers. Chasing growth Sargon has been aggressive in its pursuit of growth for the past few years. ...

First State Super acquires rental properties

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
First State Super has acquired 55 rental units six kilometres from Melbourne's CBD in a bid to improve housing affordability for nurses, police and firefighters. The rental properties will be offered to healthcare, aged care, disability services ...

Uncertainty remains for global outlook: TCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... framework and the relationship between monetary and fiscal policy and whether this is appropriate," Redican said. Closer to home, the report said it expects the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut rates a further 50bps this year, which would bring the official ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
Low return expectations may be impacting first home purchases among younger Aussies, with investors turning towards equities and bonds to reap stronger returns. That's according to the latest analysis from Fidelity, which compared real (inflation-adjusted) ...

Fraudulent adviser cops ban, jail time

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... to take criminal action where trusted advisers misappropriate clients' money." Ellis is currently serving twelve months of home detention - it is not known whether that sentence is being served in his ill-gotten house in Manly.

Beware the retirement trap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
New analysis from BetaShares superannuation and the age pension can have undesirable outcomes for some retirees, forcing them to ensure they have at least $600,000 squirrelled away ahead of retirement. BetaShares senior investment specialist Roger Cohen's ...