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Government releases final risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... AFA national president Deborah Kent singled out the reduction of the clawback period as a positive step. "In an electronic poll held at our recent National Adviser Conference in Cairns our Members indicated almost unanimously that three-year clawback ...

Millennials champion impact investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... the new benchmarks in asset management as young investors look beyond returns. A recent Standard Life Investments YouGov poll on values-based investing showed that people between 18 and 24 years old have the strongest inclination towards investing in ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

AFA, Adviser Ratings to release consumer magazine

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers has teamed up with Adviser Ratings to produce The Really Simple Guide to Money, a wealth magazine that will be available on newsstands. Big Splash Media is another organisation supporting the launch of the publication ...

Australian pre-retirees streets ahead of US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Industry bodies often say people's super savings will not fund a comfortable retirement, but new stats from the US show just how far ahead Australia is. Figures from US researcher Bankrate show that 26% of Americans ages 50 to 54 have no savings. That ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... its decision to divest. NGS Super has over 101,000 members, many of which are school teachers: "If we went out and did a poll, I know what the answers would have been," Rodwell-Ball said. But he added that the fund can't allow concerns from members and ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... its nine policymakers - Ian McCafferty - had voted for a rate hike at their August meeting... Most economists in a Reuters poll had expected two or even three members of the Monetary Policy Committee to vote for a rate hike". And then there are these ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower with European markets slipping ahead of Greece's referendum on its bailout and future in the eurozone. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,480. ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... Fund, and analysts warned of continued uncertainty, even after Greeks vote in a weekend referendum, which is effectively a poll on eurozone membership. Tokyo on Wednesday rose 0.46 per cent, or 93.59 points, to end at 20,329.32, Sydney climbed 1.04 per ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... figures say the new rules will hit the most vulnerable retirees over the long-term. According to a 1,500-member AustralianSuper poll, 78% of workers and 88% of retirees support the Budget's stricter pension assets test, which will reduce the part pension ...