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Call general advice 'sales': CBA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... consideration." CBA's final submission to the FSI focused on three themes: contributing to a prosperous future for Australians, building on a solid foundation; and maintaining system resiliency.

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... (ASFA) put the emphasis on limiting expenditure on the Age Pension, saying the aim should be to halve the number of Australians dependent on the Age Pension by 2050. ASFA expressed concern that account-based pensions on their own do not sufficiently ...

AFA Adviser of Year and Practice of Year semi-finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... are leading the way in lifting the reputation of the advice profession and making quality advice accessible to more Australians." The Semi Finalists for the Adviser of the Year Award are: Bill Bracey, Sydney Financial Planning; Catherine Robson, Affinity ...

Consumers overwhelmingly positive about super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Confidence in the system increased by 8% to 57%, while trust in individual funds increased by 6% to 56%. Overall, 86% of Australians said they supported superannuation, a figure which FSC chief executive John Brogden described as "a very big endorsement," ...

AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed existing board member Dave Oliver as deputy chair following the departure of Paul Howes, who left the fund's board in July. The vacant board position left by Howes, meanwhile, has been filled by Howes' successor as national ...

Higher education will not fix advice industry problems: Accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) said in a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). "Australians cannot have a professional relationship with an adviser when there is such disparity in the education levels of the advisers ...

ASFA asks FSI for clear targets to measure super success

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... include limiting Age Pension tax expenditures on superannuation to less than 6% of GDP, reducing the number of retired Australians relying solely or almost exclusively on the Age Pension by half to 20%, achieving an income replacement rate in retirement ...

NAB gives advisers 3 years to meet tougher standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... chief executive Andrew Hagger said. "We are committed to making cost-effective financial advice accessible to all Australians." Hagger said MLC also supports an enhanced national register of financial advisers, and consumers having open access to information ...

FPA turns to social media on Financial Planning Week

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Financial Planning Week by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) will turn to social media as a strategy to encourage Australians to seek advice. The FPA will be answering to consumers' questions on financial advice through the 'Ask an Expert' tool ...

Consumers ask banks to disclose brand ownership

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Most Australians believe that multi-branding is a trick used by banks to hide their ownership and would like institutions to disclose who owns them when they advertise, new research found. As many as 84% of respondents, in research surveying 1,520 people ...