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Superannuation shortage facing Aussie retirees: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Latest research from the mutual shows Australians hoping to live the retirement lifestyle they aspire to will, from age 65, run out of retirement savings after five years. AMP added that with the average life expectancy of Australians now 82.5 years ...

Poor tech derails financial services marketing: Study

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Inefficient marketing technology poses more roadblocks for financial services marketers than competitor products or management buy-in, a new study shows. Yell Creative found 32% of the marketers they surveyed in their annual 'Australian Finance ...

KPMG acquires customer experience fintech

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... applying a 'evidence based design' approach to their customer experience consulting, which the firm says involves blending research from emerging science in behavioural economics and neuroscience with world class creative output. KPMG partner in charge ...

The case for indexed annuity bonds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... members' post-retirement consumption needs while fulfilling fiduciary obligations at the same time. This is according to research from The McKell Institute, which highlights the importance of investing beneficiaries' money not only in their best financial ...

Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Boom! That's the sound of the US economy popping up to an annualised rate of 4.1% in the second quarter of 2018, up from an upwardly revised 2.2% (from 2%) expansion in the first quarter. While this is in line with market expectations, it's ...

Retirement planning is a personal responsibility

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... enough money for retirement is up to their own planning, according to a new report. Latest State Street Global Advisors research shows less than 20% of working Australians are optimistic about their financial situation in retirement, with 45% saying ...

Zuper opens its doors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... officer Jon Holloway, creative adviser Eran Thomson and chief executive Jessica Ellerm. Zuper's approach is backed by research it commissioned, which found people want more say in how their super is invested, Ellerm said. People are looking outside ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Nobody expected action from the European Central Bank's (ECB) July 26 meeting. The Bank did not disappoint. It kept its benchmark repo rate at 0% - so were the rates on its deposit facility (-0.4%) and marginal lending facility (0.25%) - and repeated ...

Grandfathered commission debate an overreaction: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... insurance and other forms of trail commissions - not just super and investment products," Anderson said. Investment Trends research has also suggested that trail commissions of this kind only contribute to an average of 9% of practice revenues, he added. ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside the box. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the June quarter ...