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Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... and this review provides a welcome opportunity to increase attention on the retirement phase," Maroney said. "Cohort analysis on the SMSF sector will help derive information and improvements for the broader retirement income system and those individuals ...

FSC sheds light on cancer impact

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... common cancer for men, prostate cancer. "The next most common are colon, lung and skin cancers." Loane added the data analysis undertaken by KPMG on behalf of the FSC was "unsurpassed anywhere else in the world for its granularity and timeliness". "We ...

ISA reaffirms stance on super guarantee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... particularly women, are retiring without enough super and the increase to 12% is central to fixing the problem. "ISA analysis shows more than eight million Australians could be worse off in retirement if the super rate is cut, losing more than $14.1 ...

Robo-advice to be worth US$1.4 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... for wealth managers who charged lower fees, at a time of historic low interest rates on savings," the LearnBonds.com analysis said. "US startups Betterment and Wealthfront were among the first to step into this gap a decade ago. They offer algorithm-driven ...

Industry split over super fee hike

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... MySuper offerings for cost to members on a $50,000 balance; a rank that doesn't change with the added fee. That said; analysis of super funds' operating expenses shows scale doesn't always necessarily equal efficiency. APRA fund-level data ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... 2019, outperforming industry super funds across the year as impact of a tough final quarter in 2018 begins to fade. New analysis from Rainmaker published by SelectingSuper shows retail super funds outperformed their not-for-profit fund counterparts last ...

SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... agreements. Brendan Coates, Grattan's household finances program director and lead author of the study said Grattan's analysis proves the government should desert the legislated increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12%. "This trade-off between ...

The PDS is weak: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... enabler of poor conduct and poor consumer outcomes revealed by the financial services royal commission." Rice Warner's analysis stated that the quality of the disclosures is another contributor to the problem. "In other words, product statements have ...

SMSF data misleading: BGL

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... argued that the figures used by ASIC to describe the costs of running a SMSF portfolio only applied to a select few. "Our analysis has ascertained that ASIC's calculation of the average cost of running an SMSF includes Australian and overseas interest ...

Wealth manager promotes from within

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... advisory (PBFA) leadership team for many years," it said. "He excels in providing management consulting services, cash flow analysis, tax planning, business structuring and general corporate advice to small-to-medium businesses across various industries. ...