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Physical health inspires financial health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
Financial advisers looking to attract new business should look to the local golf course with research showing golfers are most likely to seek financial advice. The latest study from AMP reveals golfers (57%) and cricketers (51%) are more inclined to ...

Financial stress devastating Australian lives: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... community, with a third of Australian reported to be living pay cheque- to-pay cheque. The 2016 BT Australian Financial Health Index revealed that 32% of Australians always or often find themselves relying on pay cheques to sustain them throughout the ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... to say now specifically how we will exit our ultra-loose monetary policy and how that could affect the BOJ's financial health. Laying out specific simulations now would only create confusion. We will debate an exit strategy only after 2% inflation is ...

Financial stress rising in Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... living pay cheque to pay cheque, according to the latest insight from BT Financial Group. The 2016 BT Australian Financial Health Index shows 32% of Australians always or often find themselves relying on pay cheques to sustain them throughout the month. ...

Awareness of sustainable investing grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... for their investments to be in sustainable companies. This is a key finding of the fifth annual BT Australian Financial Health Index, demonstrating the conscious considerations Australian investors are making when it comes to which organisations they ...

Spending and debt, Australia's biggest test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... main focus for 2017 was simply 'staying afloat.' The findings show demographics most anxious about their overall financial health last year were those aged 18 to 24 and 45 to 54, saying they feel they need to save $5000 to $10,000 this year to achieve ...

HLB Mann Judd expands in WA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... the HLB Mann Judd Wealth Management banner from its Stirling Street offices. Sovereign Plus has strengths in financial health checks, wealth generation strategies, financial structure advice and estate planning strategy development. Sovereign Wealth ...

Morningstar introduces global risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... factors which cover style, sector, region and currency characteristics. The style factors are: economic moat, financial health, ownership popularity, ownership risk, valuation, valuation uncertainty, liquidity, momentum, size, value-growth and volatility. ...

Trust in financial advice falling

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
RaboDirect's Financial Health Barometer has revealed that Australians are becoming less trusting of financial advice, with only 29% of respondents stating they trusted financial advice in 2015, down from 40% in 2014. The survey found that a greater ...

Australians short-changing themselves with cash bias

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... prioritising term deposits and high interest savings accounts over superannuation, according to the BT Australian Financial Health Index. The survey revealed that 40% of respondents preferred cash-type investments, followed by investing in property and ...