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Modest rise in retirement living costs: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... the impact on final retirement outcomes be considered in any changes to the taxation of superannuation. "We should not mortgage the future living standards of retirees in order to deal with short term budget challenges of governments," Vamos said. The ...

Australian Unity acquires three new practices

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... practices. This brings the total number of practices under the Australian Unity brand to 102, comprising 185 advisers and 24 mortgage brokers. Australian Unity Personal Financial Services general manager advice Paul Harding-Davis said the recent growth ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Australians want the certainty of having a roof over their head without being forced to sell it or hock it as part of a reverse mortgage to pay for groceries," Christie said. "Family homes lock up a lot of equity, but this is the result of Australia's ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction. This ...

ANZ private wealth sees digital growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
ANZ's private wealth division has recorded profit growth of 15% for the 2015 financial year on the back of a continued approach to "customer focused investment solutions." Releasing its 2015 full year results today, ANZ said funds under management (FUM) ...

Westpac to refund unwanted insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... protection insurance in periods where they did not intend to be covered. The ASIC review covered customers who took out Mortgage Secure or Home Loan Protection insurance policies when applying for home loans; the regulator found that Westpac was charging ...

Standing up for risk advisers

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... insurance. "They're trying to make the difficult choice between what insurance is appropriate for them while paying off a mortgage, raising a child, retaining a social life, and she works one day a week while her husband is farming crocodiles, making ...

VicSuper lets members hold super in their hands

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
VicSuper's latest engagement campaign allows members to literally hold their super in their hands, with the help of a detail of security guards a big vault of cash. "Whether they've got $10,000 or $800,000 in superannuation they'll be able to connect ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

ASIC to be handed greater powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... financial services and credit licensing regimes. It has also called upon ASIC to review remuneration arrangements in the mortgage broking industry. Recommendations from the government's on-going capability review of ASIC, announced in July, will also ...