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Financial services not immune to public inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
While the financial services industry has taken commendable steps in restoring consumers' trust and confidence, it is still not immune to the threat of a public inquiry like the banking sector is currently facing. The industry and its individual organisations ...

Adviser models replacing product focus with customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Financial advice models are proliferating and changing rapidly in the age of technology and big data, prompting advisers to put customers at the heart of business models, according to actuarial and risk management service provider Milliman. Advisers ...

Optimo introduces robo platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... strategy to best achieve financial and life goals, accounting for tax and superannuation legislation, family tax benefits, the Age Pension and a host of other factors including the client financial status to develop its strategies. Optimo Financial chief ...

Looming super reforms benefit millions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... contributions need to do so well before this date to ensure their super is assessed under the old cap of $540,000 for those under the age of 65," Day said.

Location, location, location: the key to retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... Canberra resident would need $280,444 for their chosen lifestyle while their Tasmanian counterparts would need just $91,829. The Age Pension would cover two-thirds of a Canberran's expenditure and 91% of a Tasmanian's. As such, Milliman believes that ...

Industry supports super threshold removal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... executive David Atkin called the threshold "unfair", especially for low-paid workers, and noted its long-term impact on the Age Pension. "The current threshold that exempts contributions for incomes below $450 per month is unfair on workers who have ...

Millennials choosing stock market over housing market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... market to invest and build their wealth. New insights from CommSec reveal more than half of all new customers are under the age of 35, with the number of millennial users over the past five years having risen 51% to now account for 28% of all active ...

Age Pension changes looming

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Financial advisers should be mindful of important changes to the Age Pension effective July 1. The qualifying age will progressively increase by six months every two years, and by 1 July 2023, will reach 67-years-old for those born on or after 1 January ...

Vale John O'Connell

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... founder and chief investment officer of the Macquarie Group-owned robo-advice venture Owners Advisory, has passed away at the age of 53. O'Connell had a long and distinguished career at Macquarie, starting as a senior analyst in the 1990s, before going ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
"Better, but not good enough": this is how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sees developments in the global economy. The OECD also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted ...