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Australians failing to act on increased retirement cost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
While the increased cost of essential items over the past decade has led to a rise in the amount required for a comfortable retirement, HSBC believes Australians are unlikely to do anything about ensuring they achieve it. The Association of Superannuation ...

Qualitas launches fund, adds two directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... National Australia Bank as a corporate property director. Norwood joins as a real estate director and spent close to a decade at ANZ where he held executive relationship management roles and prior to that worked in risk at CBA for seven years. As a closed-end ...

Retail super fund members increasingly satisfied

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... although satisfaction with retail superannuation funds is now higher than industry funds for the first time in more than a decade, "it is important to recognise that this has mainly been as a result of gains among lower-value clients." "This is possibly ...

Top super chief executive named ACSI president

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors will welcome a new president and deputy president in August. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk will become ACSI's third president, replacing current president Gerard Noonan (Media Super). LUCRF ...

Australian impact investing primed to reach $32bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... outcomes" Murphy said. Globally, impact investing is estimated to reach between US$600 billion and US$1 trillion within a decade. In Australia and New Zealand, the market is in the early stages of development but is estimated to reach $32 billion in ...

CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... bank has also committed a further $500,000 to the Jan Petland Foundation to annually fund 10 scholarships over the next decade to encourage more people to study financial counselling. CBA group executive of retail banking services Matt Comyn said the ...

Myer Family lures NAB executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... wealth of professional experience and personal energy to its Sydney operations. Since opening its Sydney office more than a decade ago, the business has grown rapidly, and with Lipscombe at the helm, Press said she is confident the company will continue ...

Downsizing measures present advice opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... from the existing age, work and $1.6 million balance tests. Only applying to sales of a principal residence owned for a decade or more, both members of a couple will be entitled to take advantage of the measure which is designed to reduce barriers to ...

UniSuper chairman steps down, successor appointed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... and leadership," O'Sullivan said. "There has been extensive change within our fund and the broader industry over the last decade and we are in a much stronger position today due to Chris' guidance and oversight." The board has appointed Ian Martin, who ...

Beware the volatility trap: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... less volatile and fall less when the market goes down," Maslen said. Maslen added research conducted by AB over the last decade in Australia shows that quality companies can appear stable with attractive pricing, only to suffer when the market is down. ...