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Advisers need to spell out actual retirement outcomes

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... Barnett. Speaking at the MLC Investment Trends 2014 Retirement Income Report roundtable, Barnett argued that the average Australian doesn't fully understand what their super translates into in terms of guaranteed income over an extended retirement period. ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... estimated 3.9 million tonnes of avoided greenhouse gas emissions. That is enough generated power for around 730,000 average Australian households for one year the bank said. The Climate Bond International Standards and Certification Scheme was launched ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... 2013-14 which, allowing for its tax and costs position, is ahead in adjusted terms of the 12.5% achieved by the average Australian workplace fund default investment option by about 100 basis points notwithstanding in raw terms the FF's 14% return would ...

CEO pay at lowest level in decade

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... Investors. At an average $4.84 million, the chief executives of ASX 100 companies make 63 times as much money as the average Australian, the lowest multiple since 2003. At the peak in 2007, chief executives were earning 94 times the average. ACSI's most ...

Consumers have no loyalty to financial institutions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The average Australian customer of each of the major banks deals with more than four institutions across their full range of financial services. This shows there is little loyalty towards any one institution, Roy Morgan has concluded. Of the ten major ...

Portfolio disclosure a 'data dump' on consumers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... read the 81-page Sydney Water quarterly report, doesn't mean Sydney Water shouldn't produce it. "While the average Australian is disengaged, they should not be the primary focus of the disclosure," he said. Read all Financial Standard coverage of the ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The superannuation system was designed to facilitate the payment of retirement income, but has been sidetracked by a disproportionate emphasis on wealth accumulation according to a key government official. Speaking at this morning's annual policy conference ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The superannuation system was designed to facilitate the payment of retirement income but has been sidetracked by a disproportionate emphasis on wealth accumulation. Speaking at this morning's annual policy conference for the Committee for Economic ...

Compliance costs Aussie advisers $15k versus global peers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... Turnbull said. Comparing the two adviser types, aligned advisers spend more time than independent advisers and the average Australian adviser on compliance (16.7%, 11.0% and 14.3% respectively), while independent advisers are more burdened by administration ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... weaken to help prop up the troubled resources sector and other export led industries. What this means for the average Australian, however, is that things like overseas holidays, internet shopping and fashionable European cars are going to cost more. ...