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Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The infighting between bodies representing the retail and industry sides of superannuation is detrimental to members' interests, according to Taxpayers Australia. The not-for-profit advocacy group said the battle "would be amusing if the consequences ...

Count launches new online tool

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Count Financial has launched a new online tool to help accountants ensure they complete all the necessary steps to continue providing SMSF advice to clients before the July 2016 deadline. The new tool, which launched on 13 October, helps users to understand ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Say it again, Homer. "I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" For those who've just tuned in, Wall Street was going, even sending the S&P 500 index up by 1.3% overnight, until it slipped... on oil. The action du' nuit is captured in Bloomberg's ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Former Liberal leader John Hewson has said that over-investment by banks and pension funds in carbon-exposed industries could lead to a global financial crisis that dwarfs the 2008 crash. Hewson was speaking in his capacity as chairman of the Asset ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Australia's pension system is the second best in the world, according to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. With a score of 79.9%, Australia outperformed the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden in the index, and was just behind Denmark ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Like a dog with a bone, financial markets have latched onto growth - or more precisely, the lack of it - and wouldn't let go. Wall Street remains in no mood for celebration even as America commemorated the day Christopher Columbus discovered their land ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
AFA chief executive Brad Fox set the scene for this year's Conference in Cairns unveiling the 'AFA Narrative', a redesigned strategy built around the concepts of market health, advice culture, regulation, public perceptions and advice factors. "We've ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund pays chief executive Adrian Orr considerably more than many of Australia's highest profile not-for-profit super fund chief executives. In its 2014 annual report, the NZ Super Fund revealed that Orr received NZ$791,462 ...

NAB takes a $1bn hit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
National Australia Bank has flagged a slide in its full year earnings of up to 14% after taking a more than $1 billion hit to its books. Today the bank unveiled a string of writedowns and provisions, chiefly linked to misconduct by its troubled UK business. ...

Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The best laid retirement plans are often outdone by illness or redundancy with new research from Mercer showing that 40% of Australians are forced into retirement before they are financially ready. According to the report, retirees will outlast their ...