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FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... social causes of ill-health as well as biological causes, is not new, but is increasingly being taken seriously. "The problem is it requires fairly extensive history-taking on the part of the doctors of psychologists. It requires a lot of time and familiarity ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... have been talkin' 'bout, at the very least, since 2013 became 2014? Perhaps... maybe... possibly. For Houston, we have a problem! Oh sorry Houston, we haven't got a problem - we got a crisis! There's Argentina defaulting on its debt (again), there's ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... noted that "government projections show that the means tested Age Pension costs over the next 50 years is not in itself a problem (2.7% to 3.7% GDP). However, when combined with aged care and health costs, the total costs increase from 7.6% to 13.3% ...

Tax retirement earnings at flat 15%, says consultant

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
A flat 15% 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 ...

Dying in social media: adviser's next big nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... footprint after their death. Equity Trustees (EQT) wills and estates specialist Anna Hacker believes the issue is an emerging problem that is becoming increasingly complicated and that will hit critical mass in the near future. Hacker noted that most ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... concerned that middle class people don't have the same attitude to life insurance of former generations. Arresting the problem requires new strategies that embrace new distribution points to supplement traditional intermediary channels, and while digital ...

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
Goldman Sachs' investment management division has lowered its suggested allocation to emerging markets as the Chinese economy struggles to transition from a focus on exports to a focus on domestic consumption. Dr Jiming Ha, vice chairman and chief investment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
The Australian share market is trading flat, though marked by a plunge in the shares of insurer QBE. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local bourse was "as flat as a tack". He said overseas leads had been okay, but a profit downgrade ...

It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
Sit back and enjoy the first two days of this week for starting mid-week... financial markets' moods could swing - for the better or the worse - on America. Yes Virginia, this week is all about the US of A. Sure Virginia, there'll be speculations galore ...

CBA whistleblower casts doubts over compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
Former Commonwealth Bank (CBA) planner and whistleblower Jeff Morris has expressed concern over a number of aspects of the bank's Open Advice Review program to compensate victims of bad advice. The adviser, who blew the whistle on cases of advice misconduct ...