Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 3201 - 3210 of 3213 results for "Choice"

Inadequate returns deter super top-ups: survey

... superannuation funds. The report also said that 78% of all households hold at least one form of superannuation (from a choice of employer-based, personal super or do it yourselves schemes). The survey indicated that 64.2% of Australian households had ...

Bus and Coach, Tasplan talks continue as compliance issues bite

... (the merger) will offer members much better benefits," MacDonald said, adding that it would "probably" lead to a greater choice of investment options and savings through "economies of scale." BACSS currently has 11,670 members. MacDonald also said the ...

Value managers maintain their edge as markets fall: InTech

Value-style managers have continued to outperform their growth counterparts as domestic and global share markets again fell in February, according to asset consultant InTech. The Macquarie Value index returned a loss of 3.1 per cent for the month, while ...

Superannuation awareness "extremely poor": CPA

... Fernando The Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) of Australia today threw its weight behind the government's proposed 'choice of super' fund initiative being debated in parliament this week, but added that a number of practical issues had to be addressed ...

BT Wrap extended to Westpac Planners

... officer David Clarke. "Advisers can now provide clients with smart, streamlined portfolio management that offers greater choice and flexibility, through a single point of access," Clarke added. The extension of the BT Wrap was also essential in keeping ...

ASFA lambasts government on super tax policy

John Fernando The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) today criticised the Federal Government for "not living up to its election commitments to provide a better retirement future for Australians." ASFA said that spending on defence ...

Financial planners must raise their game on advice, fees: Morgan

... commissions. And we need to play an active part in improving broad-based consumer knowledge in this area and allowing greater choice by individuals in where and how their retirement savings are invested." Morgan also warned, "if leadership and substantive ...

APRA warns super trustees to be wary of investing in hedge funds

... Regulation Authority (APRA) today warned the super industry about its concerns over the use of hedge funds as an investment choice. APRA said the warning had been prompted by the fact that hedge funds were growing in popularity because they offered the ...

Costello cautions supers against overseas equity investments

... we can have a lot of confidence in the Australian economy." Costello also said that people would benefit from having a choice in which superannuation scheme to nominate, and stood to gain from higher accountability of investors and managers regarding ...

Bendigo Bank in credit card tie-up with MasterCard

... conjunction with MasterCard International. "The introduction of this new credit card provides our customers with further choice as to the most appropriate credit card to suit their requirements," said Greg Devlin, chief manager cards division of Bendigo ...