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AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... defined contribution schemes. They found that the latest tools can enhance the areas of member engagement and financial literacy, governance, investment management, recordkeeping and account management, and the payout phase. While many pension funds ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... often feel empowered to navigate investment opportunities, but this self-assuredness may mask a lack of deeper financial literacy and experience, particularly in areas like portfolio diversification," Fidelity international head of wholesale, Australia ...

More guidance crucial for aged care transitions: AMP

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... of ongoing income in retirement," Hiller said. "It also includes better access to financial advice, improved financial literacy at all ages, and a simplified retirement system. "Relocating to an aged care facility, gifting and inheritance are all areas ...

Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... to compare," Shrimski said. "By keeping fees confusing, it's taking advantage of the low engagement and financial literacy of Australians when it comes to their superannuation." Shrimski has called for greater transparency on fees - for example ...

More financially secure women seek advice: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... control of the finances and then thrown into the deep end to navigate their financial future. "It becomes a financial literacy conversation, and depending on the client, where they're at in their understanding, we'll be guided by them in terms ...

Aussies unprepared to manage retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... accumulation stage of retirement saving far easier, the report noted that a lack of retirement literacy, not financial literacy, remains a crucial barrier to achieving good outcomes around financial plans for retirement. With high-quality professional ...

Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... Australians," she said. "To ensure Australians can retire with confidence, we must provide a stronger focus on financial literacy and equitable retirement solutions. Providing quality advice and diversified options tailored to today's uncertain economic ...

SSGA takes 5% stake in Raiz

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... managing director and chief executive Brendan Malone said customers will have access to a broader array of financial literacy content and investment education tools. "We are committed to growing our core Australian business through ongoing product innovation ...

Financial Standard opens Power50 voting

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
... are active within industry associations to those that boast a strong social media following, helping improve financial literacy and awareness. All advisers who have progressed to the voting round have been vetted against ASIC's Financial Advisers ...

New shadow assistant treasurer's vision for advice, super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... people, making it difficult to provide "simple advice" to young Australians. He said there's very little financial literacy among young people in Australia, unless their parents teach them about superannuation and investing. As such, he emphasised ...