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Japanese broker targets Aussie SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... domestic equities. The Australian capital market size is limited, meanwhile its fund size is very big. Naturally speaking Australians should think more about investing outside the country," Matsumoto said. While Matsumoto reiterates the initial target ...

APRA puts super funds on notice

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... insist will give viewers "something fresh, with a touch of intrigue." According to a report by Rainmaker Information, Australians are charged about $31 billion in fees annually for the management of their superannuation. APRA anticipates releasing a ...

Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... innovation in customer service, promote investment in systems and reduce risks to government in future ICT upgrades. "South Australians will notice no change in the services they receive through these functions," Koutsantonis said. Land Services SA is ...

Life insurer surpasses code of conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... to continue driving improvements in our industry, which plays such an important role in the life and wellbeing of Australians."

First home super scheme may not make it to parliament in 2018

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... "launching the next phase of its comprehensive housing affordability package" by releasing draft legislation to help Australians buy their first home, and encouraged interested stakeholders to make a submission. However subsequent push back from industry ...

UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
UniSuper, the $60 billion fund for Australia's higher education and research sector, is appointing an active strategy for its once passively managed environmental investment option. Under this important shift management of the Global Environmental Opportunities ...

Advice too pricey for poor Australians

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
About 75% of Australians have not engaged a financial adviser in the last five years, with many believing it's too expensive and they don't earn enough to justify doing so. The majority of Australians who did visit a financial adviser in the last five ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
The superannuation industry's failure to disclose evidence they have considered climate risk in their investment portfolios has left them vulnerable to legal action according to a financial services activist group. Analysis provided by Market Forces ...

Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... is now retiring, but I think we do need a more equal treatment of income in the tax system," he said. While young Australians were the key focus, the big divide between men and women in retirement is also causing alarm, with men having almost double ...

Retirement advice will take hit from education reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... to offload practices at bargain prices in the face of regulatory reform. As more high-level advice needs grow for Australians facing the increasingly complex financial issues associated with retirement, many planners are instead opting to leave the industry ...