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Super choice needs more than five minutes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... longer and maintaining a comfortable lifestyle in retirement," Hill said. "SME owners employ more than two in three Australians, and have a vital role to play in helping the majority of Australians prepare for a financially secure and comfortable ret ...

Super 2.0 must deliver retirement certainty: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... and needs to demonstrate stability. "Super 2.0 needs to be different to today's system. It must offer choice for all Australians; it must operate in a competitive, open and flexible market; it must deliver a comfortable retirement for all and reduce ...

FICAP gets ready for 2017 RockStar fundraiser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... mark its 11th year, FICAP has also changed its logo and adopted a new slogan "Raising a Brighter Future" for young Australians. In addition, while FICAP has traditionally sought support from within financial services, committee member Scott Baker said ...

Japan ripe for investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... noted Australian investors can longer be complacent with their investments and must look internationally for growth. "Australians need to be looking outside of our own backyard for growth, this is the critical point, growth needs to come outside of Australia ...

Industry fund fights financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... Debby Blakey said. "A wealthy country such as ours, with a sophisticated retirement system, needs to deliver for all Australians, not just a lucky few. The roundtable saw fruitful discussion on innovative and practical steps to build a more financially ...

Adviser Ratings secures referral partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... workforce, making this a significant and healthy step in ensuring financial advice becomes more accessible for hard working Australians." "Not only a win for small businesses, the referral scheme also provides select Adviser Ratings advisers with a stream ...

Goldman Sachs M&A head makes partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... partnership that is very focused on continuing to add value in the years and decades ahead," Cooper said. Three other Australians were also promoted to partner; London-based investment banker Andrew Fry and equities trader Dimitrious Nikolakpoulos (also ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... assumptions. Mercer developed the RRI using a study of 18 super funds in Australia. The study found that only about half of Australians are on-track for a comfortable retirement notwithstanding the changes with income level. More than nine in 10 taxpayers ...

PC to deliver Super 2.0: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer's keynote at the conference where she said: "It is critically important that Australians have a superannuation system that is efficient and competitive." Not all delegates were entirely supportive of this idea. Speaking ...

VicSuper highlights retirement struggles

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
More than 50% of Australians aged over 55 feel financially underprepared for retirement and 23% feel completely out of depth when thinking about retirement finances. The findings come from a study commissioned by VicSuper, also detailing that two in ...