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FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has formed a long-term partnership alliance with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to help improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC will be providing a minimum of $50,000 a year for three years ...

Financial literacy in retirement a human rights issue: AHRC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Financial literacy among retirees has become a human rights issue, with the release of a manual aimed at helping people prepare for retirement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The release coincided with a call from National Seniors ...

Advisers warned: take sequencing risk seriously

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Sequencing risk can have a "catastrophic impact" on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), according Michael E. Drew, Professor of Finance at Griffith University and partner at Drew, Walk & Co. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of ...

AMP adds new funds to North platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
AMP has updated the menu on its North platform and has added three new funds under the North Guarantee. The funds, called the North Guardian range, will invest in a mix of Australian and international equities, fixed income and cash with underlying ...

Plum launches free advice service

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Corporate superannuation provider Plum has launched an online advice tool that allows members to tailor content and generate a statement of advice for free. The tool aims at increasing people's engagement with their superannuation and at helping them ...

Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
The standard 70/30 balanced superannuation fund is failing to deliver satisfactory investment outcomes to members in retirement, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). While returns on this sort of fund were almost 15% for the last financial ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Cyclical companies based in North Asian economies represent the best value investment in Asia, according to AllianceBernstein's specialist in the region Stuart Rae. The portfolio manager, who is chief investment officer for Pacific Basin Value Equities ...

Retirees unlikely to recover GFC losses: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Strong growth in superannuation in recent years does not help retirees whose accounts took a beating in the global financial crisis, according to Challenger chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper, who chaired the 2010 Super System Review ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA) has welcomed the Government's decision to grant small businesses access to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Resource companies are struggling as the Australian market opens flat. The big banks, however, are rallying as financial markets continue to expect an interest rate cut in August. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said that after several days ...