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2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... The GRI looked at the performance of retiree welfare across the globe and ranked Norway in the first place, Switzerland second and Iceland third. Australia sits at fifth place, retaining its spot in the top ten behind Ireland. New Zealand came in a sixth ...

Aussie farmland sees significant growth: ANREV

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
... billion, with annual crop representing 44% of the properties. Annualised returns for permanent farmland remained stable in the second quarter of the year, with a 5.60% one-year total return. Farmland for annual commodities, including cropping and livestock ...

Aura Group launches term deposit fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... announcement comes just a day after Aura Group and Sydney-based Montgomery Investment Management launched a new income fund, the second to come out of its partnership.

Montgomery, Aura Group launch new income fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
Montgomery Investment Management unveiled the second fund to come out of its partnership with Aura Group, the Aura Core Income Fund. The fund is an open-ended, Australian-registered managed investment scheme with a minimum investment of $25,000, offering ...

APRA aims to bolster financial crisis response

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
APRA has begun consulting on new prudential standards to strengthen the financial crisis response of banks, insurers and superannuation trustees. The regulator said the two proposed standards are aimed at ensuring entities are prepared to deal with ...

The time is right: AFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... of scale. "If you analyse ASIC FAR data, the FPA is the largest association in the financial advice space, we're the second largest," he said. "You then go to other groups and accounting bodies, the SMSF Association is there as well. Following that ...

Latest adviser exams see 52% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
... successful. In total, 628 advisers sat the exam in July and August. Of these, 76% were attempting the exam for at least the second time. The exams saw 328 or 52% of candidates pass, bringing the total number to have passed to 92%. ASIC said that 20,148 ...

Four MySuper products fail for second time: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
Five MySuper products have failed the second annual MySuper performance test, with four of them failing for a second time. The product that failed this year's performance test for the first time is Westpac Group Plan MySuper. Westpac must now identify ...

Link Group acquires HS Pensions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... platform for the firm's unique member-centric engagement technology." The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2022. Once completed, HS Pensions will integrate with Link Group's UK Retirement and Superannuation Solutions business. ...

The unintended consequences of the performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... underperformance, its impact on industry consolidation is likely already shifting, according to KPMG. The results of the second annual performance test are expected to be released this week. Last year saw 13 products fail, 10 of which have since merged ...