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Australians letting their retirement down: report

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... account operated more like a bank account Over half (56%) have never sought financial advice about their super but over a third (38%) view seeing a financial adviser as important to better understand their super.

KPMG targets super to fix deficit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... throughout the whole forecast period." The company also recommends reducing the capital gains tax discount on super from one-third to one-quarter, introducing a rule which crystallises unrealised gains at conversion from accumulation to pension phase ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... more attractive than yields in other major developed economies. "At a size of US$7.4 trillion China's bond market is the third largest in the world. Despite this, foreign participation remains low at 1.6% due to long standing quote restrictions imposed ...

XPLAN named best app

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... achieving the highest score ever recorded in the report's 11 year history. Rubik COIN and AdviserNetgain were ranked second and third respectively, while AdviserNETgain and Asgard took out the top spots for Hybrid planning/platform applications. Ian ...

Pillar enters blockchain

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... towards prototypes in the coming months. Brook said from his experience, super funds had not been looking at the second or third order consequences of blockchain, and Pillar was prepared to lead the industry transformation. "You knock up your billy cart ...

Majority of family offices move to direct investing: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
Over two thirds of US family offices (69%) are currently engaging in direct investing, according to the 2016 Family Office Exchange Global Investment Survey. The report also found that the tendency to invest directly was more common in family offices ...

Gen X and Y not looking to robo advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... financial advice and the majority believing that online or automated advice tools should be free. Mark Woolnough, head of third party distribution at ING DIRECT, said: "Relationships have always been the cornerstone of successful and sustainable advice ...

MTAA Super awards multi-asset mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
MTAA Super has awarded a multi-asset mandate to PineBridge Investments, entering the PineBridge Global Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund. PineBridge managing director Australia, Clint Grobler, said the firm was delighted to be selected by MTAA Super in ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... followed by boosting contributions and moving into safer assets. It matches up with aggregate data from the ATO. Thorp said a third of SMSF members say they're currently getting investment advice. Forty per cent say they spend less than an hour a month ...

Wealth management left out of data discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... for the development of standardised data access solutions, covering institutional data and allowing clients to authorise third-party access to personal transactional data. "One of things a better standard does for this space is it makes it easier for ...