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'Retire ready' is more than a large super balance

EMMA RAPAPORT, STEPHEN FAY  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... work, gender, occupation type, own health or disability, and total assets. Irving also highlighted that once retired, Australians have a very low rate of re-entering the workforce due primarily to a lack of flexibility of work arrangements on ongoing ...

AIST appoints new CEO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... profit-to-member funds. She has also been pivotal in driving industry-wide initiatives to improve outcomes for Indigenous Australians, having been the inaugural chair of the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group. Scheerlinck said she was excited to ...

Profit-to-member super funds must restore trust: AIST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... "As an industry we cannot solve all the ills of the world," she said. "However we can do our best by the millions of Australians' whose retirement savings are invested with a profit-to-member fund. We can give them confidence in how their savings are ...

FICAP fundraiser ready to rock

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... financial services professionals to give back to the community. Its aim is to raise money for charities that benefit young Australians and their families. FICAP's committee is made up of several industry participants who are part of a number of major ...

SMSFA appoints high profile former politicians

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... committee. "This is the first time the association has looked outside its own membership ranks by asking two prominent Australians boasting strong political and financial credentials to join its public policy committee," says managing director and chief ...

Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... those who remain, establishing and retaining customers' trust will be critical to their success as a majority (58%) of Australians PwC surveyed said their life insurer will not be there for them in their time of need. The 8% growth the retail segment ...

Workers' retirement angst growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
A growing number of Australians are not prepared for retirement, while those already retired fear of outliving their savings, the latest research from Investment Trends shows. According to the 2016 Retirement Income Report, 44% of the 6987 surveyed ...

Australian Unity appoints trustee GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... administration; and the establishment and management of personal, native title, community and charitable trusts for all Australians. As part of the team building, Sakellaris has appointed Anna Hacker as national manager, estate planning at Australian ...

AIA launches digital life insurance advice tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... to be member-focused, providing users with insurance services in one spot. "Life insurance is vitally important for Australians. The low level of engagement and understanding of life insurance is a key issue to address for the industry," AIA Australia ...

ACSI adds AustralianSuper chief to board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, a collaboration of Australian and international asset owners, is adding two board members including AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk. Also joining Silk as a new member on the ACSI board is ...