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Govt reforms can tackle super gender gap: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... Superannuation Funds of Australia is calling on the Government to take action on a worrying statistic that 80% of women won't have enough money upon retirement. ASFA is using its new white paper, Women's Economic Security in Retirement, to push for urgent ...

Corporate bond demand strengthens: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... predominantly in properties and equities." He added Australia's corporate bond market is at an inflection point and there is enough choice available to investors now that they're starting to respond. "When you start to get corporate bond issuance that's ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... around fiscal 2019." That was there in January and is no longer in April. Perhaps, the Japanese central bank has had had enough of publishing timing of when its 2% inflation target would be achieved - and then fail (if memory serves me correctly, it ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... (ASFA). "The faster-than-expected drop-off in spending casts doubt on some common rules of thumb, such as aiming to save enough super to replace a set percentage of pre-retirement income and suggests a more nuanced approach," Milliman financial risk ...

Women less prepared for retirement: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... in preparing for their financial future. Additionally the BTFG research highlights 51% of women believe they won't have enough superannuation for retirement, despite 69% acknowledging superannuation is crucial for their financial future. BT further outlined ...

Royal Commission bad for super: Switzer

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... industry funds is that even if they wanted to divest from the banks it will be hard to find another part of the economy big enough to absorb their capital," Rainmaker said.

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... industry funds is that even if they wanted to divest from the banks it will be hard to find another part of the economy big enough to absorb their capital," Rainmaker said. In a similar move to the ACTU, the Communication Workers Union is lobbying Australia ...

RC questions adviser sales tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... other products needed to be recommended to clients' portfolios. Wright conceded that he and senior management haven't done enough in this area. But in terms of grandfathering commission arrangements put in place pre-July 2013, there's an opportunity ...

Dead advice clients slugged ongoing service fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... breach panel for reporting to ASIC, she said it would depend on the issue and whether it was "determined to be serious enough to warrant the breach panel process."

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 1 - 3)

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... AMP goes out AMP advisers could dip into their client's investments to deduct fees if the clients' account did not have enough funds, the Commission heard. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne described AMP's fee structure as a "collection mechanism" that could ...