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Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... them to take is to opt for cash, which is actually the most risky for them against CPI [consumer price index]." He said young members need to focus on beating inflation rather than attempting to preserve their capital in low growth options that, in a ...

J.P. Morgan launches APRA reporting service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... disclosure, he said: "The standard risk measure does not give a good indication of long-term risk," adding, "It may tell young people to go into cash." This, he said, would be the wrong move. He therefore recommended two risk measures: one for short-term ...

ATO launches superannuation video comp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Taxation Office (ATO) has launched its annual video competition and this year the theme is superannuation engagement for young people. The ATO has also opened the video competition to any student from any Australian tertiary or vocational educational ...

Instreet expands online presence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Boutique structured product provider Instreet has become the latest financial services firm to join the industry social media and mobile technology revolution, upgrading its website and shifting its focus to engage more actively with the online community. ...

Twitter usage on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Social media is now used by 72% of online adults in the US and Twitter usage has almost doubled, with usage among young people growing the fastest. The results are part of the latest research to come out of US Pew Research Center's Internet and American ...

Next wave of SMSF growth fuelled by Gen Y

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013

Rate cut impacts SMSFs, retirees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points may impact self-managed super funds (SMSF) and retirees, meaning that financial advisers may have to work with them to seek other sources of income. Retirees and SMSFs ...

Gina Rinehart offers olive branch

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has written to her two children, making an offer which she hopes will bring their litigation to an end, a court has heard. Ms Rinehart's barrister, David Russell QC, told the Supreme Court on Monday that the "open letter" ...

FSC denounces lost super threshold rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... peoples' superannuation, not putting it into consolidated revenue," adding, "It will unfairly capture the savings of many young and low incomes in particular." Brogden said the move went against the recent Stronger Super reforms. "This government's own ...

Pro bono advice on rise amid regulatory change

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... opportunity to reaffirm that what we do has an enormous value, and it is also a good lesson for younger advisers," O'Leary said. Young advisers at Eluvia are briefed about the pro bono cases that the practice addresses as part of their mentoring program. ...