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Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Australia's pension system is the second best in the world, according to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. With a score of 79.9%, Australia outperformed the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden in the index, and was just behind Denmark ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Like a dog with a bone, financial markets have latched onto growth - or more precisely, the lack of it - and wouldn't let go. Wall Street remains in no mood for celebration even as America commemorated the day Christopher Columbus discovered their land ...

Senior van Eyk executive joins independent advice firm

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Senior financial services executive Anthony Vaiente has left struggling asset consultancy firm van Eyk to join independently-owned advice firm Fitzpatricks Financial Group in the role of head of business growth. Vaiente joined van Eyk as manager of ...

Countplus CEO to depart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Countplus chief executive and managing director Michael Spurr has announced he will step down at the completion of his current contract after four years in the role. Spurr will remain in his co-role as chief financial officer for up to 12 months to ...

US private sector super coverage just 50pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Retirement savings plan coverage for US private sector workers is still stuck on about 50%, reveals updated analysis from the Investment Company Institute (ICI). In the study 'Who Gets Retirement Plans and Why, 2013' the ICI found that most workers ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
"What's the point of going out, we're just going to end up back here anyway?" Must give it to Homer, he really spits out good logic. Nah, not the literary giant that penned the Iliad and the Odysssey, but Homer the Simpson. Homer's words came to mind ...

AFA announces new directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
The AFA approved a new board of directors during the annual general meeting yesterday and announced that current AFA national president Michael Nowak will hand over to former AFA treasurer Deborah Kent. Kent will hold the role of AFA president for two ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
AFA chief executive Brad Fox set the scene for this year's Conference in Cairns unveiling the 'AFA Narrative', a redesigned strategy built around the concepts of market health, advice culture, regulation, public perceptions and advice factors. "We've ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Advisers remunerated solely through upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study ...

Enter AFA's best tweet competition

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... chief executive Andrew Demetriou, 42 Below founder Geoff Ross and founder and host of "The Small Business Big Marketing Show" Tim Reid have been confirmed as speakers. The AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference is focused on providing the knowledge and ...