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Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education Award

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... between October 11 and 14. Head of campus AFA Nick Hakes said investment in education is the key to encouraging more Australians to seek quality financial advice. "As a profession we need to embrace professional development as a way to demonstrate our ...

Bring in Chilean-style super tender process: Grattan Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... competition and bring down fees, a Grattan Institute report has argued. The report, entitled 'Super sting: how to stop Australians paying too much for superannuation', found that the relatively high fees charged by Australian superannuation funds will ...

FoFA amendments undermine confidence in advisers: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Coalition made before the election. "They've doubled the deficit, now because they've doubled the deficit they want all Australians to pay a deceit tax," Shorten said. "We will hold the Abbott government to account for their twisted priorities," he added. ...

Over 50s want to work longer, survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... demanding sectors, or otherwise unable to work. FSC chief executive John Brogden said: "We recognise that some older Australians may not be able to work until 65 due to the nature of their work or due to lower life expectancy or poorer health than the ...

AustralianSuper consortium picks up QLD motorways for $7bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
AustralianSuper, as part of a consortium led by toll road owner Transurban, is set to pay $7 billion to buy a string of Brisbane motorways from the Queensland government. The consortium said it had signed an agreement to buy Queensland Motorways, which ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... part of government expenditure; ahead of defense, hospitals and schools, Hockey said. Pointing out that only 14% of Australians over the age of 65 receive no government payments and that aged care is currently the eighth largest part of government expenditure ...

Consumers reluctant to use online advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... (FSC) research into consumers' digital engagement with superannuation and wealth management found that only 13% of Australians sought financial advice online, while 26% did it offline. However, more consumers turned to the internet for recommendations ...

PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
"An idyllic tropical life" is how David Atkin describes his childhood in Papua New Guinea. While his parents taught in a local school, he spent his days "wandering around the forest, being looked after by the locals, exploring every day, having a lot ...

AustralianSuper markets ME Bank products to members

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
ME Bank largest shareholder AustralianSuper is marketing a bank product through promotional emails to its members. In an email sent to AustralianSuper members last week, the superfund specified that it does not receive commissions as a result of its ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... you can access your superannuation and your pension," Brogden said on ABC TV's 'The Drum.' Brogden noted that most Australians can access their superannuation at 60, but that they don't start receiving their pension age until 67. "The signal there is ...