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FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... savings, work and the Age Pension is only expected to meet the personal expenditure costs, our home will be the source of funds for aged care costs," the Actuaries Institute argues. Its report to the FSI also gives an insight into the profile of people ...

Tax retirement earnings at flat 15%, says consultant

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... tax on post-retirement investment earnings would solve the problem of lost tax revenue through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), according to Andrew Baker, managing partner at Tria Investment Partners. Speaking at an event hosted by the Association ...

Unmet SMSF advice needs a boon for advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
More than 286,000 self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have unmet advice needs, representing a huge opportunity for financial advisers, according to new research from Investment Trends. SMSFs who say they have unmet advice needs are prepared to pay up to ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... billion starting next month and still thinks it "will be appropriate to maintain the current target range for the federal funds rate for a considerable time after the asset purchase program ends", No surprises too on the latest US economic scorecard ...

Mercer appoints two independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... in favour of the inclusion of independent trustees on superannuation boards. It also found that well over half of super funds surveyed had no independent trustees.

Fitzpatricks hires former CFSGAM head of marketing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Fitzpatricks Financial Group has made two senior appointments in response to a growth in advisers and funds under advice. Former Colonial First State Global Asset Management head of marketing Colin Bold will head up the firm's marketing operations ...

Drastically limit number of default funds: Grattan CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
The government should limit the number of superannuation funds providing default super to around five if it wants to reduce fees, according to Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley. Speaking at a superannuation roundtable hosted by Bravura Solutions ...

In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... broadest cross-section of the wealth management and retirement market will be represented, including fund managers, super funds, life insurers, financial advisers and public trustees. This year, it will also be a platform for both sides of politics to ...

Companies must understand their investors better, report says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... call, part of a list of best practice principles and guidelines, comes as the growth in size and expertise of superannuation funds is seeing a corresponding growth in engagement and active voting on the companies they invest in. The document, entitled ...

Brogden rejects cross-selling enticement fears

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... forbidden by the SIS Act. "The Superannuation Industry Supervision Act has broad-based provisions which prohibit superannuation funds and related entities from offering enticements to employers when selecting default funds." "This applies just as much ...