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A third of Australians expect major shortfall in retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Almost one third of Australians expect to experience a large financial shortfall during retirement, according to the MLC Retirement Survey. The report of 2,000 Australians shows that 31.7% think they will have a major shortfall, while a further 25% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has staged a moderate recovery to buck a negative lead from the US overnight. After spending three consecutive days in the red, stocks were up two-thirds of a per cent soon after the open. This is despite Wall Street having ...

Half of Australians not confident managing money

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... Australians aged over 14 years old feel confident when it comes to managing their finances and investments, and nearly a third never spend time understanding how financial products work. In contrast, 47.5% of Australians do not feel confident when managing ...

Retail investors turn to media for financial advice: GSAM survey

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... survey showed that 41% of retail investors retained the services of a financial adviser. GSAM managing director and head of third party distribution Jessica Jones said although the statistics weren't favourable, providing investing education via financial ...

Planners shy away from margin lending advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... Financial planners are shying away from margin lending advice following falls in the margin lending market in the second and third quarters of 2013. The proportion of planners advising on margin lending fell from 55% in 2012 to 45% in 2013, according ...

TPB releases guidance on conflict of interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... interest," keeping a register of private interests, undertaking relevant training and seeking advice from an independent third party. The TPB has released the information sheet following a consultation process with industry stakeholders between July ...

State Street opens Shanghai office, announces Q4 results

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... 2012. Return on average common shareholders' equity (ROE) also went up slightly, hitting 10.9% compared with 10.8% in the third quarter of 2013 and 9.3% in the Q4 of 2012. Overall for 2013, EPS increased by 10.0% from US$4.20 in 2012 to US$4.62. ROE ...

Risk Premium inflows up 9.6% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... with inflows increasing by 20.1% during the year. BT / Westpac saw the second highest inflows, up 19.5%, while TAL took third spot with inflows rising by 15.7%. TAL's performance saw it close the market share gap between it and top placed AMP Group. ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... the RBA reversed gear and started lowering interest rates back on 2 November 2011. At the time, the information it had was third quarter readings on inflation - headline, up 3.4% on the year; trimmed mean, up 2.6%; weighted median, up 2.8%. It also had ...

MSI launches three new SIV funds

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... investments and equity. MSI head, Jason King said the success of the first two SIV funds prompted regulation changes to allow a third in order to cater for a broader investment spectrum. "An expanded range of complying investments is good news for migrant ...