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FSC releases policy priorities for next parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... contributes 9.3% of national economic growth and employs nearly 500,000 people, FSC chief executive Sally Loane said: "Unsurprisingly the FSI's recommendations are a significant focus of our policies." "The FSI demonstrated that Australia's world-leading ...

SMSFs up property, managed funds exposure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... Australian Equities increased, showing trustees benefitted from moving away from the top 20 shares within the sector. Unsurprisingly, dividend favourites Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Telstra, ANZ and NAB were the five most popular holdings in SuperConcepts' ...

Boomers surprisingly open to fair super tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... period (YourLifeChoices suggest five years) in order to provide more certainty for those planning retirement income. Unsurprisingly, 68% of respondents disagreed with last year's budget decision to raise the Age Pension eligibility age from 67 to 70. ...

Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... investors access to stocks filtered through certain rules or factors. The current portfolio consists - perhaps unsurprisingly - of leading technology, social media and telecommunications names on the US index including Alphabet (index weight of 14.16%) ...

Super effectively the same as lotto for younger Australians

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... suggests that the average Australian doesn't put much stock in superannuation ensuring a comfortable retirement. Unsurprisingly, then, the Australian lotto industry is predicted to grow at a compound annual rate of 1.2% over five years through 2015-2016 ...

Rising age pension costs unfair on young people: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... reinforces similar proposals made by the Financial Services Council (FSC). The National Seniors lobby group has unsurprisingly rejected the CIS recommendations saying the "the report's findings are divisive and inconsistent with international perspectives ...

Behavioural coaching is the best route to 'adviser alpha'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... communication that goes one. But when asked what the adviser can do to improve the relationship lower fees was, unsurprisingly, top of the list but the other priorities are to do with communication - regular updates, greater frequency of contact and ...

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... are proud to leverage our deep indexing knowledge to facilitate awareness and education for market participants." Unsurprisingly (given the objective of the index), there has been particular interest from large long-term institutional investors and sovereign ...

Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... 72 super funds, most were not-for-profit as retail funds do not have the same disclosure or ownership of roles. Unsurprisingly the Rainmaker research showed the highest number of executive roles came from those with investment in their title. Fifty of ...