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Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... would include provisions that redress the unequal contribution that women make to society through caring for other generations," KPMG head of asset and wealth management Linda Elkins said. "But sadly the current system does the opposite - while it was ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... which compared real (inflation-adjusted) residential property prices for Australia's first home buyers through the generations. Fidelity International cross-asset specialist Anthony Doyle said Boomers (born 1950) have cause for celebration, with ...

AMP adds competitors to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... offers are available for financial advisers and super and pension clients of MyNorth, North, Summit, ipac iAccess and Generations. It comes as Plan For Life Actuaries revealed life insurance risk premium inflows and sales ended 2019 down significantly. ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... in finance." So is this just another case of corporate greenwashing; a marketing strategy set to win over younger generations? If BlackRock's climate stance influences other business leaders to make similar changes, it will be a win for the climate ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... had been spawn from decades of low interest rates and people gearing their investments to the max, locking younger generations out of the property market with high prices. "The need for this is more out of necessity," he said. "We have seen low interest ...

Consultation opens for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... must strengthen our super system to avoid Australians having to work until they drop and lessen the burden on younger generations. "With the legislated increase in the super guarantee on the way, we need to make sure the system is as efficient as possible ...

ASIC casts doubt over Dollarmites

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... of our responsibility to ensure the financial sector is delivering for all Australians, and especially for future generations of financial consumers." CBA welcomed ASIC's initial announcement of the review into school banking in October last year and ...

Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... conference shows the government's superannuation policy will ensure younger workers no longer subsidise insurance for older generations to the extent they have previously. According to Rainmaker, average fee and insurance costs for super members under ...

IFM Investors sets significant emissions targets

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... assets, and from that, the impact it has on Australia's carbon footprint. "These infrastructure assets will operate for generations, with the targeted emissions reductions having the potential to make a material impact on cutting Australia's carbon footprint," ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... than men and are increasingly approaching retirement without the safety net of home ownership relied upon by previous generations." As Linden did, Goodwin also noted many high-income workers - including politicians opposed to an increase to the SG - ...