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Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... complicated product like MetLife Max. However, MetLife Max designer Ashvin Arora, who has since left MetLife, said that his research suggested a "burgeoning demand in Australia for products which provide long-term certainty and security of income." For ...

Super contribution caps "limited and inadequate": Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014

Morningstar re-jigs Australasian team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Morningstar has promoted Tom Whitelaw to director of manager research ratings after seven years with the firm. Whitelaw will work alongside director of manager research Tim Murphy. He will be responsible for managing the research team and schedule and ...

Bank cross-sell growing but slowly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
While industry funds fear banks are targeting them to boost wallet share of their customers, research from Roy Morgan reveals banks lose more of their customers' business to other banks. According to the research, Roy Morgan found that the Big 4 retail ...

Health and wealth go hand in hand: Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... break it down for them because seeing them progressing through the stages is very encouraging and motivating." Consumer research backs this. An AIA Australia 'Turn-On to Wellness' Survey released this week found that three-quarters of Australians are ...

Zenith launches range of retirement portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Investment research provider Zenith has launched a new range of retirement investment portfolios which cater to a range of risk appetites and have options for an annuity-style income stream. The six portfolios are designed to maximise income and age ...

FUM closes in on $2trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Australia's funds management market is on the verge of breaking through the $2 trillion barrier, reveals new research from Rainmaker. Rainmaker has just released its March 2014 funds under management (FUM) survey and they found that the combined Australian ...

Morningstar launches stewardship ratings in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Independent investment research Morningstar Australasia has launched stewardship ratings for Australian and New Zealand stocks. The ratings assess a firm's stewardship of shareholder capital as exemplary, standard, or poor. In the initial allocations ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... income not wealth accumulation". This distorted emphasis has allowed fees to stay too high, he said. Citing international research, he said, "high fees are simply a drain to investors. These products should not be forbidden but they should come with ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... income not wealth accumulation". This distorted emphasis has allowed fees to stay too high, he said. Citing international research, he said, "high fees are simply a drain to investors. These products should not be forbidden but they should come with ...