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As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Half the Australian population is now using smartphones, a shift that is expected to ratchet up pressure on superannuation funds and wealth managers to use the emerging channel to communicate with members and distribute information. Market research ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... plunged by 9.8% in the year to April following a 3.8% decline in the previous month. With almost a quarter of its working population - and half of its younger ones - unemployed, methinks this was inevitable, don't you? Speaking of inevitable, so was ...

10m Aussies 'Like' Facebook

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... fade in popularity. This is despite 40% of Americans admitting to being regular users. In Australia almost 50% of the population or 68% of internet users are Facebook users. A report published by Social Media News revealed there are 10 million Facebook ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... Continue with fiscal tightening and their equity markets go on strike - marching out on the streets along with the general population - as austerity pushes taxes higher, income and consumption and profits lower and general economic activity down, down ...

ASFA: Retirement costs remain steady

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... recorded will differ as retiree households on average have somewhat different spending patterns to the rest of the population. The ASFA Retirement Standard benchmarks the annual budget needed by Australians to fund either a comfortable or modest standard ...

China needs active management: Fidelity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... explained Yeung, as the country tries to deal with issues such as food needs against overfarmed land and an ageing rural population. Wages will rise, predicts Yeung, contributing to structural change and necessitating strong active management to take ...

Gap increasing between consumers and cost of advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... they do not have enough money to retire on, there are many opportunities to provide advice to the broader Australian population," he said. The report noted that the proportion of Australians who would contact their super fund for advice is growing with ...

Governance Australia's best export to Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... pensions industry. "The [Australian] superannuation [industry] had US$1.28 trillion in assets as of December 2011, from a population of just 22 million which is about the size of Beijing," they noted. The Cerulli Associates' comments reinforce Nijathaworn's ...

Govt overhauls aged care

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... outstrip the capacity of the current system," said Minister Wong. "Without reform, this dilemma will worsen as the population ages." From the wealth management perspective, this switch to a user pays model further highlights the need for aged care to ...

Trust Company focuses on regional integration

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... will see us focus on regional integration and transforming the performance of all aspects of our business." Regional population ageing was also singled out as a driver of demand for trans-generational wealth management services. The company is currently ...