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Imbalance in generational retirement income: RIR

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... increase as they had for the last generation, younger homeowners may not have the same opportunity to accumulate housing wealth as current older Australians. But if the decrease in home ownership continues, young people will need to rely on their superannuation ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Investment Trends found that people who access financial advice feel more confident about their retirement incomes. MLC Wealth research also found that people feel more peace of mind making decisions and Vanguard found that most who receive financial ...

New approach needed for Age Pension: RIR

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... households aged 65 and over the family home is their main asset with superannuation making up a small share of their net wealth. But retirees who are renting require additional assistance. Many stakeholders suggested to the panel a specific increase ...

Homeowners given preferential treatment: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... treatment," it said. "Even the limited number of renters who benefit from the higher assets test free areas and hold their wealth in forms other than a home are still at a disadvantage relative to homeowners." The review said, compared to a homeowner ...

Household capital remains key: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... plausible option with household assets having increased over the last 30 years. "The size and composition of household wealth influences retirement incomes. Households with more financial assets at retirement are generally less likely to rely on the ...

Praemium improves on-boarding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... functionality to our clients and create a highly efficient end-to-end digital application process." Iress product executive for wealth Emily Chen said: "We're pleased to be able to offer direct account integration between Xplan and Praemium as part of ...

Fidelity launches one-stop-shop platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
Fidelity Investments has launched a one-stop-shop wealth management platform that helps investment advisers streamline the advice and portfolio construction process. Fidelity Managed Account Xchange (FMAX), which launched on November 16 in the US, allows ...

Former HESTA chair joins Assemble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... investment, banking, finance, aged care and not-for-profits. Emslie is an experienced chair and non-executive director and has a wealth of expertise in governance, strategy, superannuation and investments having served on a range of super fund boards ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... pension funds remain the single biggest group of asset owners accounting for over 60% of assets, followed by sovereign wealth funds at 32% and outsourced chief investment officers (OCIOs) and master trusts combined at 7%. AustralianSuper ranked 43rd ...

Fintech to take on super with new hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Stake has announced its plans to take on the super industry to give younger investors a simple, low cost way to have their own self-managed super fund (SMSF), by announcing a new executive hire. Stake announced the appointment of Kris Kitto as head ...