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Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... Australian economy $28.6 billion a year and suicide is now the leading cause of death among young and middle-aged Australians. "We all fake it. We fake being great and happy, because that's what we're programmed to do. It's hard to tell if someone is ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Australians are the second-most optimistic about retirement, according to new SSGA research that compared retirement satisfaction levels across eight countries. SSGA's Global Retirement Reality Report polled 9400 people across Australia, US, UK ...

Advice is valuable but advocacy issues abound

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Australians need to experience financial advice first-hand to truly understand its financial, emotional and behavioural benefits. However, there are many issues hindering take-up. That is the underlying theme of the Association of Financial Advisers' ...

You got me at like: Advisers tap social to retain clients

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... there's a lot to gain from taking social media as a legitimate business channel for advisers. "There are 15 million Australians who are actively using Facebook (or about 60% of the total population). They are now using Facebook to search for products ...

Aged care RC will spook Aussies into advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Delegates today heard the impending Royal Commission into aged care could serve as a catalyst for more Australians to access financial advice. While presenting a focus session on the new age of aged care, Challenger technical services manager Sean Howard ...

Can Hollywood turn advice mainstream?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... to Rainmaker Research titled Financial planner customer usage rates published in June this year, around two million Australians have a financial adviser, accounting for just 10% of the adult population.

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Australians are not alone when it comes to leaving retirement savings on the table from a lack of financial literacy. However, Europeans arguably face a steeper learning curve. The J.P. Morgan Asset Management 2018 Income Barometer Survey, which interviewed ...

Advice is the business to be in: Salt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... Australia's 25 years of uninterrupted prosperity has caused a sense of economic and lifestyle entitlement to grow among Australians. "We have raised the bar," Salt said. "A sense of entitlement. A sense of aspiration. We don't want a caravan holiday ...

AFA names 2018 Rising Star

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... for wealth advice," he said. "Her can-do attitude and her purpose as a financial coach to make this generation of Australians the most financially free, makes her stand out as a rising star." Also nominated for the award were Finance Your Future's ...

Perception is everything: Kewin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... room to improve, Kewin said the key concern of advisers should be shifting the public perception of advice to ensure Australians are willing to seek advice going forward. Discussing the Royal Commission, Kewin said it's not enough that advisers and ...