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Greater financial literacy key to improved adviser reputation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
A higher level of financial literacy among consumers is key to improving the reputation of financial advisers, according to new research from Zurich Financial Services Australia. A survey of 227 advisers active in the life advice industry conducted ...

Financial Standard to present at upcoming netwealth webinar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
During next month's netwealth webinar, Michelle Baltazar from Financial Standard will explore how you can get better client outcomes and conversations through the use of managed accounts. You will learn about: * Key findings from the latest Financial ...

UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
UniSuper has developed a custom retirement adequacy index to gain a better understanding of how members are tracking towards their retirement goals. While superannuation funds have traditionally relied on the ASFA retirement standard to benchmark how ...

Retirement system needs work: Actuaries

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... the study. The second study was based on ATO data provided to the CSIRO. The Actuaries Institute said another important finding was that drawdown behaviours are universally similar among retirees regardless of the size of their accounts. About half of ...

QIC and Future Fund back $3bn renewable fund

KERRIE SYDEE, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... uncertainty, the resulting pricing fluctuations and the difficulty for industry participants and institutional investors alike to finding partners with both the expertise and the capital to work across the whole renewables value chain. "In partnership ...

IOOF advice nets $1.3bn in FY16

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... IOOF's positive results are bolstered by ASIC's recent announcement that it had finalised its inquiry into the group, finding that in the case of alleged insider trading, "the release of the research reports had no material effect on the price of the ...

Pre-retirees adopting sharing economy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
An increasing number of pre-retirees are participating in the sharing economy in a bid to boost their wealth and income, according to the latest RateSetter Sharing Economy Trust Index. The bi-annual report measures the attitudes and behaviour of Australians ...

No more inquiries, says FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has advocated four-to-five-year government terms to end the "traffic jam of financial reform" which has cost the industry nearly $3 billion. Speaking at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne ...

Zenith finds value in reduced blue chip exposure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
The best-performing funds on Zenith's approved product list were those that reduced exposure to the top 20 ASX stocks, according to its 2016 Australian Large Companies Sector Review. The review found that, on average, approved Zenith products returned ...

ASFA appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... to run ASFA with the same energy and passion she is renowned for, while being patient with the board in taking our time finding the right candidate. I am glad Pauline is assisting the interim and next CEO in their transitions. She really is a tower of ...