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Super advice for $199

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... products or sales, but about providing simple super advice and information regarding the super system and retirement planning - particularly for those who have less than $100,000 of investable assets and may have previously been ignored by the industry ...

MTAA super revs up retirement seminars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
Responding to public demand for better super literacy, MTAA Super is running retirement planning seminars across Australia to educate members about superannuation and retirement strategies. Held in all states and territories, the 90 minute-seminars ...

No super for many small businesses

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... many small- to medium-sized business owners were so focused on developing the business they postponed their retirement planning until very late in the business's life. RSMBC also asked how satisfied respondents were with their total superannuation balance. ...

Call for papers

... of applied financial planning, consumer credit and debt management, practice management, superannuation and retirement planning, risk and insurance, taxation planning and estate planning. The Journal of Investment Strategy publishes papers on financial ...

Creative products will meet aged consumers' needs: Asteron

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... by economists and sociologists, and has the potential to seriously impact on Australia's social security, retirement planning and policy frameworks," said Louise Biti, Asteron's head of technical services. Trying to get ahead of the curve, Asteron has ...

FPA's Value of Advice Awards 2007

... categories. Started last year, the Value of Advice Awards cover five categories, namely wealth accumulation, pre-retirement planning, post-retirement planning and management, low income planning and community contribution (or pro bono work). "These awards ...

New planners lack listening skills

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... patient as well." The research also found that established planners had concerns about the superannuation and retirement planning abilities of newly qualified planners. "These skills are important because they emphasis of the work of the financial planning ...

Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... strategies." This is at odds with the government's aim of encouraging Australians to take control of their retirement planning, they said. Damian Hill, chief executive officer of REST, however, told the Inquiry the problem is that many consumers don't ...

Marketers urged to target over-50s

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... category is the one marketers should look to target, particularly when it comes to financial products and retirement planning. "The years from age 50 to 59 are when you have your highest disposable income in your entire life. You have the kids off your ...

Sunsuper takes message to the country

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
Sunsuper is focusing a re-marketing campaign on regional areas, providing retirement planning seminars throughout country Queensland and New South Wales in October. Sunsuper's chief executive officer, Don Luke, said it is important to provide information ...