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Retirement savings only last a few years

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... the incomes of those currently aged 65 and over and retired - around $23,000 for men and $19,000 for women - are not high enough to finance the retirement expectations being expressed by those approaching retirement, noted the report. To put it into ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... at the time deemed gold a non-appreciating, non-interest bearing asset. A decade later and everyone can't seem to have enough of the stuff. Central banks may now revive the hunt for Yamashita's treasure?

Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... a professional standards board. The Report in this regard was highly critical of the regulator for not being pro-active enough. "The committee is firmly of the opinion that ASIC needs to undertake the enforcement of legislative standards of advice with ...

Ripoll heats up sales or advice debate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... standards are "useful" in that they prohibit clearly inappropriate advice being given to consumers. But the threshold is low enough to allow advice that favours the adviser's interest above those of the client, noted the report. The report quoted submissions ...

Education drag hits super savings: GESB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... should bear the responsibility. "The potential exists for people to save throughout their working life, but still not have enough to live on in retirement. The older the population gets, the less able the government will be to plug the gap. "The government ...

Coalition against commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... cost relating to the financial advice if they are dissatisfied. ISN welcomed the move but said the charter is still not enough because it applies to new accounts only. "Without addressing the existing gravy train of commissions on an estimated $300 billion ...

Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... risk assets alight. Equities and commodities shot up, happy that our dear Uncle would continue to shower us with more than enough money - at virtually no cost - until Christmas 2010 or for how long it takes. But isn't this a contradiction of what our ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... resource stocks declined after falls in commodity prices and as investors judge the recent run-up on sharemarkets to have been enough for now. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 51.4 points, or 1.08 per cent, at 4,696.5, while the ...

Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... could drop 20 to 25 per cent to solve the lost member problem - and that is going to drain liquidity." As if that weren't enough, Rosario predicts that the outcomes from the three regulatory reviews could force some super funds to make unplanned changes ...

Retirement worries worse than job loss

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Put aside mortgage worries and losing one's job - Australians are more concerned about having enough money to retire on than keeping the family home and their work, new research by ASFA shows. Recent findings from Auspoll commissioned by the Association ...