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Aussie attitudes toward retirement shifting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... that recent changes to super announced by both political parties have the potential to reduce confidence in the long-term nature of superannuation which will potentially be required to cover 50 or 60-year periods. At the same time, the average age of ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... disclosure comes a year after APRA member Geoff Summerhayes warned organisations that climate risk is distinctly financial in nature. It also demonstrates a failure to respond to the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures ...

AIST names Governance Code panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... to legislation has undermined the superannuation system's development; hindering it from keeping pace with the changing nature of the workforce. While the long-standing dream of a universal, compulsory, retirement savings system for every Australian ...

Regulatory disruption hampers long-term vision for super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... to legislation has undermined the superannuation system's development; hindering it from keeping pace with the changing nature of the workforce. While the long-standing dream of a universal, compulsory, retirement savings system for every Australian ...

Centuria flags acquisition strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... but was rejected by PLG's directors. PLG's board said at the time the takeover "undervalues PLG, taking into account the nature of consideration, the underlying value of PLG's investment portfolio, co-investment stakes and institutional wholesale funds ...

No room for complacency: Rowell

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... not a "one-size-fits-all" measure. "Individual funds have different members and different strategies, and the scope and nature of trustees' business operations varies. And so different trustees will have different outcomes that they are seeking to deliver ...

More female clients requires more female advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... embracing gender equality in the workplace. Integra Financial Services director Deborah Kent believes the increasingly holistic nature of advice has made the prospect of receiving financial advice more palatable for women. "When I started as an adviser ...

Super funds call for SG increase to aid women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... take this kind of worker into account when created, with the result that we have a growing homelessness crisis. With the nature of work shifting towards an ever more flexible environment, we predict this impact on women will be accelerated, and the strain ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... Spending Profiles (ESP) Report. HILDA surveys about 9500 Australian households, but Gebler said "spending surveys of this nature have shortcomings when applied to the context of financial planning, which are revealed by Retirement ESP." As an example ...

Crypto assets rewrite estate planning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... bitcoin that will ever be in existence, about four million are estimated to have already been lost. Further, the volatile nature of cryptocurrencies means valuations of assets could vary wildly; a sizeable challenge for an adviser attempting to ensure ...