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Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... commercial property," she said. The report also shows Australia's growing superannuation pool is reducing Australia's reliance on foreign capital and reducing both the risk and the cost of domestic investment. "While companies in other countries had ...

Super lump sum myth debunked

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... streams." Colonial First State executive general manager Linda Elkins said: "This analysis suggests that Australians' reliance on lump sums in super is an exaggeration and adds a new dimension to the debate about compelling Australians to take an income ...

Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... inform the tax policy ideas the Government will propose at that time. It makes particular emphasis on Australia's heavy reliance on income taxes, and how this will continue to rise due to the progressivity of the current income tax system. Crucially ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... "large amounts" of cover being provided without the requisite underwriting checks, poor data capture and management and a reliance on "anticipated future improvements in mortality experience". "The advent of questionable practices often has been driven ...

Intergenerational Report shows need for financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... Australians seek proper financial advice from an early age and use it to maximise their superannuation so they can reduce reliance on the Age Pension, the nation as a whole will be infinitely better off." According to Investment Trends research, only ...

Tax concession debate "simplistic": SMSF Association

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... that the TES measurements fail to account for the current or future savings to government created by reducing people's reliance on the Age Pension. "Excluding the future savings to Government expenditure on the Age Pension results in a myopic and overly ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... digitisation that challenges business models and slows their revenue growth. Australia is especially vulnerable due to its heavy reliance on the financial sector. "Financials being 40% of the Australian equity market mean that if that sector comes under ...

FSI favours Chile-style default super auction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... "absence of strong consumer-driven competition." It put this lack of competition down to members' lack of engagement and reliance on employers to choose default funds for their employees. Under the new system, the report stated: "[E]ach fund would be ...

Rename general advice, disclose ownership: FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... should be replaced with a more appropriate, consumer-tested term to help reduce consumer misinterpretation and excessive reliance on this type of information," the report said. "Consumers may misinterpret or excessively rely on guidance, advertising ...

India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Chennai and Kolkata account for 74% of funds under management. The five largest mutual fund managers are HDFC Mutual, Reliance, ICICI Prudential, Birla Sun Life and UTI which hold a combined 53% of the market. BlackRock and Franklin Templeton hold 4% ...