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TAL appoints new directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... appointments help us renew the skillset on the Board as TAL works hard to provide financial protection to even more Australians as the nation's largest life insurer."

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
A Federal Court face-off between the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) looks likely over the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) involvement in workplace superannuation. The FSC yesterday lodged an application with the Federal ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... in the resource sector, heavy front loading of fiscal consolidation should be avoided." Governor Glen - as with us, Australians all - must be sweating at the suspense. He counterbalanced Julia and Wayne's commitment to deliver on their "promised" Budget ...

Super to engender securitisation 'rebirth': Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... Australia with good, strong, predictable returns. You can't go far past home mortgages if you're looking for that. "Australians have a cultural connection with housing that is probably second only to the UK in terms of the percentage of home ownership ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... help Australia build its productive capacity and deliver returns that will boost the retirement savings of working Australians. TIF was formed in 1997 by a group of industry superannuation funds to invest in infrastructure. It has returned more than ...

BT Financial Group posts 21% profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... their clients is going to be a significant factor in our relationships both now and in the future," Cooper said. "Australians choose financial advisers to help them meet their financial goals and we are committed to supporting independent financial advisers ...

Poll shows low esteem for financial advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... four said they would advise against getting a credit card. REST chief executive Damian Hill said the poll showed that Australians are not getting the right financial advice early enough in life to achieve their goals. "The findings show less than one ...

FPA creates Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... says it "honours and perpetuates Gwen's service to the profession and, by extension, the financial wellbeing of all Australians." The first Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award will be announced on 20 June 2014 and the second will be awarded on 14 November. ...

Industry asks for long-term, comprehensive approach to Age Pension

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... Age Pension," AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said. The AIST asked the government to ensure that retirees and older Australians who have missed out on a lifetime of super are not penalised by the proposed measures and that they will be eligible to receive ...

Australian investors 'conservative and pessimistic': Legg Mason

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... conditions, a survey by Legg Mason has found. The survey covered 4,300 private investors worldwide, including 200 Australians. Seventy-seven per cent of Australians classed themselves as 'conservative' when it came to risk tolerance, compared with a ...