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Retirees still cautious about another GFC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... 2000 retirees, of which more than 45% said they are now more cautious with their investments than before the GFC. About one third of seniors' said their attitude to investing retirement savings was not related to the GFC. National Seniors chief executive ...

Super governance changes questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... legislation. Among the draft legislation is a requirement that all APRA-regulated superannuation funds have a minimum of one third independent directors on their trustee board and an independent chair. Although the reforms are generally questioned by ...

H&R Block launches SMSF set-up service

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... helps ordinary Australians through the whole SMSF process from set-up to tax advice and compliance obligations. "Over a third of the $1.7 trillion invested in Australian superannuation is now controlled by self-managed super funds and that figure increases ...

New draft super governance standards released

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... Government's proposed reforms will include a requirement that all APRA-regulated superannuation funds have a minimum of one third independent directors on their trustee board and an independent chair. The new draft legislation will include more detail ...

Property deal drives new automotive trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... respectively, were acquired from Automotive Holdings Group (ASX: AHG) for a combined $36.8 million and a lease term of 15 years. The third property at Castle Hill (Sydney) was acquired for $65.5 million from an Australasian Property Investments (API) ...

In wealthy Australia, philanthropy is the biggest loser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Australia has experienced record growth rates and its population is wealthier than ever, but philanthropic giving is now lower than it was 30 years ago. Taxpayers are giving an amount equivalent to only 0.57% of GDP, compared to their counterparts in ...

Industry fund encourages members to claim insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... was already at hand. "Australian workers often don't realise that they may have TPD and income protection insurance with a third party through their super fund, and that super fund trustees legally have to act in the best interests in relation to the ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... etcetera (name your favourite spook here), they'll be petrified when the PBOC followed the first one with a second one and a third. But financial markets, instead, stabilized. Here's the chart of the Chinese yuan/US dollar exchange rate that littered ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... under a defined contribution system because the employer does not have to meet liabilities. "Appointment of directors by a third party is entrenching potential conflicts," she said. "There is loyalty to the body that nominated you rather than loyalty ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Too many Australians don't understand the purpose of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...