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FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... care receive high level care. Statistics show that 60% of men and 75% of women aged 65 will experience a disability severe enough to require long term care. However, aged care services in Australia are often insufficient, overcrowded and underfunded. ...

Vision Super appoints first independent director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... very well-rounded individual who was the best candidate out of a large field." Contrary to fears that there will not be enough candidates to fill a potential mandatory independent trustee quota, Rowe said there were a large number of capable, qualified ...

Better use of client information essential to adviser success

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... client," Heine said. "As an industry, we've been quite single-focused in our view: we look at life stages and that seems to be enough," he noted, and added that "it's not sustainable anymore." "Looking at the client's life stage is not going to make ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... dropped three cents to $4.93. Woodside Petroleum stocks lost 52 cents to $42.36 as the company looks like it may not garner enough support for its planned $US2.7 billion buyback in Friday's shareholder vote. Origin Energy gained five cents to $14.30 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... "Investors are waiting to take cues from the local profit reporting season," Mr Spooner said. "Forecast results are positive enough, with general expectations that earnings will grow around eight per cent." However, construction giant Leighton on Monday ...

It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... expectations centre on 3.1% jump in the second quarter, ranging from plus 2.3% to plus 4.0%. No problemo, this is easy enough to beat especially given the positive balance of indicators in April, May and June. The sting in the tail, the fly in the ointment ...

Investors vulnerable as property schemes shirk risk disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... ASIC's review found schemes' responsible entities (REs) either failed to address certain benchmarks or did not provide enough information. They also failed to provide the information in a single location on their website and/or in a single designated ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper said raising adviser education standards is not enough and demanded that consumers be able to get full access to information about all Australia's financial planners. "Education is critical but assessed ...

Are super funds the new shadow banks?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... illiquid" - which is a danger when superannuants have the right to withdraw their funds every 30 days. Consumer inertia is not enough of a guarantee that they will stay put, he said. He also questioned the competence of trustees to make appropriate investment ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... industry association." Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom were accused of not being transparent enough in the way they gave financial advice to their customers and in how they dealt with the subsequent investigations. After years ...