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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 ...

Super effectively the same as lotto for younger Australians

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... winning the lottery as using super to fund their retirement, according to a BT survey. BT's recent Australian Financial Health Index, based on a survey of over 4,000 Australians over 18 and weighted to represent the Australian population, showed that ...

BT launches direct investment platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... goals such as saving a deposit for a home," BT Go-invest spokesperson Anthony Potts said. A recent BT Australian Financial Health Index survey found that the number of respondents owning shares had grown from 25% in 2013 to 29% in 2014. It also found ...

Gen Y saving habits reveal advice opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... most likely to find dealing with money stressful, new research from Rabobank shows. According to the RaboDirect Financial Health Barometer, which surveyed 2,300 Aussies aged 18-65, 33% of Gen Y said they were saving more than they were in the 12 months ...

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... and UK are in the south-west; and Japan, the Eurozone, Switzerland and Scandinavia are in the south-east." The financial health of the western bloc countries is closely tied to global liquidity, while the northern bloc's prosperity is linked to the commodity ...

Advisers battle to reconnect with disengaged clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... disengaged clients. Astute Wealth has developed a tool which allows advisers to send their clients an online "5 minute financial health check" and encourages them to visit the adviser. The tool also includes a 4 minute presentation which explains the ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... example, the loans are priced over bank bills so have negligible duration risk and these corporates are in good financial health following considerable de-leveraging in the wake of the GFC. Metrics Credit Partners' Graham McNamara said: "IOOF's Multimix's ...

Elders Rural sale a growth prospect

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... best interests of its shareholders. "The process is proceeding well, and is not a cause for any concerns about financial health and for staff who service their business," Lorigan told Financial Standard. "Whoever purchases the business will do so because ...

Perpetual CFO resigns

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... executive search to find a replacement. "Roger's strong financial management has ensured Perpetual is in good financial health. His leadership and action during the global financial crisis proved vital for Perpetual," said Geoff Lloyd, Perpetual's chief ...