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Super gap concerns plaguing over 50s

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Older Australian's are increasingly worried about the retirement savings gap, with one in three women believing they'll have "far from enough to retire one", compared to one in five men. MLC's latest Wealth Sentiment Survey the quarterly survey of over ...

FIIG launches bond mobile app

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... bond market to investors by providing unprecedented access to information about pricing and availability in the Over-The-Counter bond market. Updated daily the app will show investors prices, yields and research on more than 300 bonds from corporate ...

Calastone expands to New Zealand

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Global fund transaction network, Calastone, has expanded into New Zealand in the hopes of enabling smoother transaction flows across Australasia. Calastone's technology provides users with total interoperability, meaning that asset managers, platforms ...

Bank love affair with wealth management waning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
The wealth management industry has been embroiled in one scandal after another and as it struggles to meet both shareholder and customer demands, a number of big players are re-evaluating their commitment to wealth management. Unlike many international ...

Cash top of mind for investors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Cash has overtaken real estate and domestic equities as the dominant asset class as Australians become increasingly more conservative in their investment choices, according to the Legg Mason 2016 Global Investment Survey. The survey revealed there was ...

Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
New data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows the retirement savings gender gap is highest for women who work part-time and are in the bottom two tax brackets. The gap in super savings is most severe for females on lower taxable incomes ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... rifle [then a glidepath]." Lester adds flatter glide paths likely lead to an individual running out of money sooner. "It's counter-intuitive. If there's anything bad happening in the market they may run out of money very quickly. And, interestingly if ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Federal Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, said Labor will soon announce its priorities for retirement incomes so voters know where they stand heading in to this year's election. The announcement will come on top ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
A recent survey has shown Australia's competitiveness could be at risk due to a lack of interest in STEM subjects. The findings suggest Australia has the lowest percentage of girls studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects ...

Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
Well he tried, and he tried, and he tried but he can't get no satisfaction, oh no, no. no. For all intents and purposes, ECB President Mario Draghi over-delivered on the eagerly-awaited stimulus promised two months ago. He came in firing not with one... ...