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Staggering annuities can fund retirement shortfall

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... activated as many as seven short-term annuities with different providers. That involved looking at basic income needs, such as the gap between the Age Pension and account-based pensions for example, and calculating the portion that can be invested with ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has slammed the Grattan Institute's key proposals to close the persistent gender gap in superannuation. Grattan Institute fellow Brendan Coates authored a white-paper that said superannuation is currently a "generous" ...

Employers of choice work to close super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... policies to address this issue for their female employees are going a long way in helping to close the ever growing retirement gap," the WGEA said. WGEA director Libby Lyons said: "I am particularly delighted to see some of the innovative and exciting ...

FASEA accelerates degree equivalency agenda

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... told delegates this morning. While he could not provide an exact date of release, Sanders said FASEA is completely aware of a gap in the understanding of the requirements for existing advisers due to lack of clarity on the equivalency issue. "Our original ...

Contract work threatens super: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... recommended financial literacy is incorporated into the national school curriculum and measures to address the super gender gap.

Defensive bias hurting SMSF performance: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... reference index returned 9.2% - somewhat lower than the SG360 default (MySuper) index, which returned 10.5%. Over five years, this gap widens to a 7.8% return from the SMSF reference index and 9.6% for the default index. The reason for this, SuperGuard ...

Planners vital to closing super gap: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Latest research from Roy Morgan suggests there is greater potential for the superannuation gap to be closed if women were more inclined to engage a financial planner. According to a recent survey of more than 50,000 consumers, 8.3% of females purchase ...

Client engagement tool gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... practices in need of futureproofing. Your Financial Wellness is an online client engagement platform designed to bridge the gap between evolving consumer expectations and existing advice models. Your Financial Wellness allows advisers to white label ...

Advisers can fill aged care demand gap: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... one-in-three (30%) advisers provide aged care to service existing clients. However an overwhelming number (80%) plan to fill the gap by factoring in aged care advice into their practice. Aged Care Steps director Assyat David said advisers who do not ...

Wells Fargo opens up on pay gaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... Capital, which has been pressuring major US financial institutions for some time. Citi was the first bank to disclose its pay gap information in early January, followed by Bank of America later that month. Arjuna Capital is still awaiting response from ...