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Frontier highlights best in show list weaknesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
New research from Frontier Advisors highlights the misplaced focus and potential pitfalls of the Productivity Commission's proposed 'best in show' list. Given the strong imperative for the superannuation sector to consolidate, the white ...

ASIC to strengthen complaints handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... funds," Chester said. ASIC conducted research into how consumers experience complaints and found that while 17% of Australians surveyed considered making a complaint to a financial services firm in the last year but only 8% actually lodged a complaint. ...

Advisers forgo charitable conversations: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... income for annual granting distributions," Sakellaris said. Koda Capital's 2018 research of charitable activity found Australians are not as giving and are becoming less trusting of charities. About with 14% of participants claim they "outright distrust" ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... Such schemes are also popular in Japan (96%), Canada (95%) and the Netherlands (94%). The Grattan Institute believes Australians can expect to live 82.5 years on average - a life expectancy longer than most countries like Sweden, Korea, New Zealand and ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... receive a refund of less than $5000 a year. Ralston said these individuals "would not be considered wealthy by most Australians." More than 92% of tax payers do not receive any franking credits, but the top 1% of self-managed super funds received an ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... the accounting industry. Trust in financial advisers took a hit after the Hayne Royal Commission, with just 41.2% of Australians surveyed believing an adviser will likely act in their best interest. Meanwhile, 82.3% of participants trust accountants ...

Three new faces join SuperFriend board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... help champion SuperFriend as a leader of delivering practical solutions for the mental health and wellbeing of all Australians in workplaces."

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
Australian Ethical has launched a new campaign to try to prompt Australians to consider whether they like the idea of their superannuation savings funding the gambling industry. Australian Ethical research found some of Australia's largest super ...

ACSI calls for ESG, stronger stewardship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... investment strategies. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said: "Businesses and their boards need to rebuild trust with Australians. Investors can support this process through the responsible management of assets. "A stronger stewardship framework ...

Australians lose record amount to scams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
Older Australians, Indigenous Australians and those with a disability have reported record losses to scams in 2018, including more than $85 million to dodgy investments. Australians in total lost almost half a billion dollars to scams in 2018. However ...