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Superannuation Guarantee continues to fail employees: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... with: 'After the tax you don't get much, how about instead I give you some time in lieu?' he said. The majority of the 'unsupered' are low-income earners in the $8001 to $40,000 per year bracket. This finding is consistent with the ...

Financial advice exit a boon for the industry: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... four banks exiting financial advice received a resounding welcome from the industry, according to a new survey. The majority of respondents (62%) polled in Financial Standard's sister publication FS Advice agreed the move will have positive ramifications ...

Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... pour $300,000 into their super fund in a single year was a "dream" for most ordinary working Australians. "The vast majority of members of profit-to-member superannuation funds will not benefit from these changes," Scheerlinck said. Scheerlinck also ...

Protecting Your Super Package will cross finish line: Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... they may improve retirement outcomes for a very small minority of people, won't improve outcomes for the vast majority of retirees, Scheerlinck added.

Regulators name laggard life insurance providers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
While the majority of life insurance claims are paid in the first instance (92%), the wait and resolution times vary significantly across providers, a joint study by the regulators found. AMP (eight months) and Westpac (three months) take the longest ...

Trump will continue to buoy stock markets: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... 2016 election campaign is good news for the global share markets, Financial Standard's latest spot poll shows. The majority of readers (68%) agree that since special counsel Mueller's investigation, which found Trump did not obstruct justice, stock markets ...

ClearView defends risk advice commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... by vertically-integrated institutions to influence advice and channel clients into in-house product," it said. "The majority of financial advisers can only choose from a narrow menu of products dictated by their Australian Financial Services Licensee ...

Women lead superannuation fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
While the majority of members are not engaged with their superannuation, women are taking the lead and contributing more to their nest egg, new Vanguard Australia research suggests. Vanguard's 2019 How Australia Saves research, which analysed data on ...

Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... innings. In baseball, in a regular game there are nine innings. Sometimes it goes longer - there's a tie - but vast majority of games go nine innings," Marks said. "The trouble with investing is, I can tell you we are in the eighth innings - and ...

Investors stick with managed accounts despite volatility

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... returns tell us that very few investors became worried by the market volatility and other news," Potter said. "The vast majority of investors clearly had a good understanding of their investment strategy, and that they are working closely with their ...