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Individual cover through super, key to insurance recovery

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... benefits to high net worth individuals." But he said that the industry should find a way "to take protection to mass middle Australia, and super funds offer a good platform for that." The research showed that only 38% of the people surveyed have ever ...

YBR doubles wealth management revenue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has more than doubled its wealth management revenue in the six months to December 30, 2013. The company reported a 129% increase to $1.64 million in the first half of financial year 2014. However, the lending retail side of the ...

SMSF growth slows on low super system confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
A lack of confidence in the superannuation system is slowing the growth of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) market, according to Jordan George, technical development and policy manager at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). Speaking ...

You beauty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... surplus on time and as promised". While there are some groups - big business and high-income earners, and oh, middle Australia too - that wouldn't be partaking as Wayne "shares the benefits of the resources boom," nobody could deny that the Treasurer's ...

New property fund built for average earners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Public offer superannuation fund, TIC Super, has launched a new residential property fund targeting middle Australia. The TIC Diversified Australian Residential Property Fund (DARP) aims to provide low risk exposure to property investments for people ...

Roadmap to life insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... element of life insurance was one of the industry's biggest hurdles while also tackling insurance affordability for middle Australia. "It is critical that we give increased access consumers, and the development of the direct market is essential for that ...

BT targets advisers with contribution tracker

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
BT Wrap releases new product to help advisers monitor clients' super contributions, avoid excess penalties and take advantage of caps, as the deadline for 2011 declarations approaches. Around 60, 000 Australians were penalised for excess super contributions ...

Opposition slams opt-in policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... Gale cautioned that opt-in would have a negative impact on small businesses as advisers were already 'deserting middle Australia', and migrating to the top 30 per cent of clients, by wealth. The issue of statutory fiduciary duty was also keenly discussed ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

A new survey has found that Australians spend an average $25 billion per year on daily luxuries such as takeaway food and trashy magazines, with the unusual discovery that men are actually the bigger 'careless spenders' than women. Virgin Money has ...

Value of advice shines at Tupicoffs

Financial planner Neil Kendall from financial planning group Tupicoffs has successfully demonstrated the 'value of advice' after his one-off pro-bono work for a low income client saw them nearly $300,000 better off. Announced the winner of this year's ...