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Default options safeguard retirement savings: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... need to consider whether the choice architecture of superannuation can cope," CEPAR chief investigator at UNSW Business School, Professor Hazel Bateman said. The report states: "Defaults may be a good alternative to address poor decision-making, provided ...

FASEA announces leadership transition

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... Professor of Finance and Financial Planning in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics at Griffith Business School. "It is essential as we move into the implementation phase of FASEA's work to continue to execute the critical planning, consultations ...

How much do you need to feel financially free?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... million for a financial transformation but labourers say they need more at $1.3 million - double over the past year. High school graduates also thought they needed more money (about $1 million) as compared to grads or postgrads ($942,000).

Industry fund launches lifecycle default option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
A $7 billion industry superannuation fund is launching a default option that will automatically adjust with members' age. The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's LifetimeOne option, to be launched in May, aims to give members better ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... fair to spend $8 billion a year on a tax loophole that mainly benefits millionaires who don't pay income tax - not when school standards are falling and hospital waiting lists are growing longer." Bowen forecasts the proposed reform will save $55.7 billion ...

New super fund combats account erosion for young Aussies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... over summer holiday work, only to have it eaten to zero by fees," he said. "There are around two million working age high school and university students, and around half are employed. We can do so much better for the initial experience that an entire ...

Don't fear the inflation reaper: Capital Group

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... team of experienced long-term investors." Explaining how Capital Group is responding with the NPF, he said: "It's part old-school thinking - investing in inflation-hedged companies like energy, real estate, precious metals - but also considering digital ...

AdviserLogic signs with global risk profiling giant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... twenty-year-old FinaMetrica Risk Tolerance Toolkit was developed with University of New South Wales and is now maintained with London School of Economics academics. Its risk tolerance solutions have been integrated with financial software in the USA ...

Staggering annuities can fund retirement shortfall

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... expert. David Babbel, a retirement strategy expert and professor from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, said it can cost retirees 30% to 40% more money to fund retirement without an annuity. Babbel, who visited Sydney to host ...

Government renews calls for financial literacy support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
The Federal Government is calling on its state and territory counterparts to support the expansion of its national financial literacy program in schools. The Government has invited state and territory governments to participate in a new agreement that ...