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Young adults know very little about super

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Young adults are 'unengaged' by and 'uninterested' in superannuation and most show no knowledge of even the most basic facts. That's according to a new survey of nearly a thousand 25-34 year olds by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation ...

Cbus launches self-managed option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... option must clear a number of hurdles. Their account balance must be at least $40,000, and Cbus recommends they have a "basic understanding of investing including the key elements of risk and return and the concept of diversification." Members will not ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... people deal with financial hardship after an unexpected tragedy. Without it, it's likely many people would not even have a basic cover of life, TPD or income protection insurance cover. Therefore, it has an important role to play in reducing the underinsurance ...

FPA turns to social media on Financial Planning Week

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
This year's 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 ...

Ditch retail prospectuses in some cases, say leading lawyers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Kirievsky, head of compliance at Bank of America, said: "Do we need a 'safe harbour' provision where providers can offer basic product information at low compliance risk?" Above all the panel agreed that retail investors should not be restricted from ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
So what's new in world of Wall Street today? In a word... nothing. Not a thing, Virginia. Equities, Treasuries, gold and copper closed basically unchanged overnight. Sure, sure there's still plenty of things to worry about on Wall Street. The latest ...

ASX meets with PRI to discuss sustainability reporting

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... At the other end of the scale, however, a disappointing 40%-plus of companies still rate in the two lowest categories of Basic and No Reporting - reporting levels which are considered to be far from meeting the needs of investors," the report said. Financial ...

Governments are 'out of money': Hockey

AAP, PETER TRUTE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey says governments are out of money and can only fund vital infrastructure with funds from the private sector. Hockey told the B20 summit of business leaders in Sydney that infrastructure is a key part of meeting a two per cent increase ...

Large strides made towards automated advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... Australia's financial services industry, where data collection and management techniques advance at a fast pace. "The most basic advice will be driven by automated tools," InvestmentLink director Wayne Robinson told Financial Standard. To Robinson, whose ...

Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... Investors (ACSI). ACSI surveyed the entire ASX 200, applying five levels of reporting - comprehensive, detailed, moderate, basic and no reporting. Platinum and Iress joined TPG Telecom and Carsales.com in what ACSI dubbed the 'laggard' category - companies ...