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Pre-retirees confident about nest egg: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... preparing for retirement comfortably. The RCI noted only 37% of the population have a high degree of confidence, while 30% have little to no confidence. Educated males aged 60 years and older who own their house and have $20,000 saved outside of super ...

Pre-retirees lack confidence about retirement: Qantas Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... of 1025 retirees and pre-retirees, only 37% have a high degree of confidence when it comes to retirement, while 30% have little to no confidence in their superannuation savings. According to the 10-point index, the average retirement confidence rating ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
The Labor Party's proposed dividend imputation reforms has received backlash from numerous industry heavyweights believing it will have unintended and negative implications on retirees. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen proposed to eliminate the cash rebate ...

Client longevity the largest advice disruptor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... "What the GDP ratio is in China is an important question but probably way less important than finding out if somebody is a little underfunded or massively overfunded," Noonan said. He added advisers need to "hit the pause button and take a strategic ...

FinTech Australia appoints interim chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... said: "With the support of the board, our team and our incredible community, we have turned FinTech Australia from being little more than an ambitious idea to an industry association that has successfully driven the fintech agenda across the nation ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... lower wages, which means lower living standards for workers today," the paper said. Further, increasing it will deliver little in the way of higher retirement incomes to future generations of retirees, because any increase in super savings will be largely ...

Advisers cautious over fixed income allocations

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... surface and that's what we had in January. It's not too bad in the scheme of things. Does that change our landscape - a little bit, but not a huge amount."

Chief economist update: The real growth in wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... revealed growth in total wages accelerated to 2.1% in the December quarter from 2% in the previous quarter. Let's give it a little "yay" for still sluggish as it may be, it's higher than market expectations for a 2% increase. Still, what matters most ...

NAB redundancies in full swing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... vocational training courses and outplacement services. Angrisano said the post-retrenchment support NAB is offering is "too little too late" and workers instead, need to be reskilled and retrained to move into the jobs of the future. She added the union ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... respective 52-week highs by 10.4% and 10.2%, respectively. Just as I scribbled on this space yesterday, we might be in for a little bit more before the dust settles, the unbelievers fold and bargain hunters go a-shopping. What better way to test "the ...