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Digital advice association in the works

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
A new industry association founded by four digital advice providers has been initiated to support the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) proposed reforms and serve as a united voice before government. The founding members and representatives of the body ...

Investor education combats emotions: Experts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... variance of returns based on the investing decisions made by members. Further, he highlighted the importance of the Quality of Advice Review in ensuring that members receive informed advice from qualified and licensed advisors. "... if a member wants ...

ISA renews calls for gig worker super

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... mean an extra $10,800 at retirement or $17,500 after five years of work. "Not only would this extra money improve the quality of life for individuals at retirement it would reduce the burden on the age pension," ISA said. The federal government has alluded ...

Australians want super safeguard: ISA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
... standard of living in retirement for more Australians. Busting open super early dramatically erodes savings and harms quality of life in retirement, ISA said. The lobby group said it supports the government's objective and said the key principles of ...

Pay gap bill passes, effective next year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... working life can be worth four dollars at retirement. That means women retire with less than men, undermining their quality of life and dignity after they've given so much to society across their working lives." Stewart reinforced that the gender ...

Industry fund bags consecutive customer experience award

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... super is not one of the things you need to worry about." SenseCX is a quality assurance framework that measures the quality of customer interactions with organisations over a 12-month period. From January to December 2022, a total of 204 major Australian ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... pointed out at the Conference of Major Super Funds that retirement products need to be improved and waiting for the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) is not the best strategy. "I think the product piece is important here and thinking about if we have the ...

Inflation erodes retiree savings by 7.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
The rising cost of travel, fuel and many food staples continue to aggravate the quality of living for retirees as inflation leapt 7.5% in the last year. Oils and fats (20.8%), domestic travel and accommodation (19.8%), milk (17.9%), gas (17.4%), fuel ...

Advice complaints decelerate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... of advice it's provided". Singh raised an interesting point with respect to the proposed SOA changes under the Quality of Advice Review : If there's no documentation, how will AFCA assess at the dispute? "As I understand it, the proposal is that ...

QAR does not "trash" FoFA: Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
The Quality of Advice Review's final report (QAR) does not "trash" or go against the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, says Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Philip Anderson. Labeling QAR "the most important review of ...