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Advice gap spurs boom in investment media

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... chief executive Larry Diamond and Pitcher Partners wealth adviser Charlie Viola. Victoria Devine's popular She's on the Money also recently partnered with roboadviser Six Park for a passive investing offering suited to Devine's audience. Six Park said ...

Equip, corporate fund merger complete

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... complexity, it's got to add to the kit that we take to market and that we offer members... Reserves are obviously members' money, so it has to be in their best interests; we haven't got the blinkers on about what the possibilities are to ...

Westpac profit jumps 138%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... latest results was additional AUSTRAC charges. In FY20, Westpac recorded $2.6 billion of costs related to contravening anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws. "Through the year we rebuilt our processes, systems and practices and closed out ...

APRA to weed out underperforming choice products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... shield poorer performers from scrutiny. "By shining a light on choice products that are failing to deliver quality, value-for-money outcomes, APRA expects to see the same types of improvements for the 34% of member accounts in the choice sector," she ...

Unpaid super tops $5bn per year: ISA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... know when SG payments had to be made. "Not paying super with wages makes it difficult for workers to keep track of their money and allows payments to fall through the cracks," ISA said. "Federal politicians have known about this solution for years but ...

LGIAsuper, Energy Super change fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... percentage-based fee of 18bps of their account balance, capped at $900. "While that extra $52 a year doesn't seem like a lot of money, removing the weekly administration fee will leave more in members' accounts to grow for their retirement," chief executive ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Financial Planning is closing, Commonwealth Bank announced today. From today forward, Commonwealth FP cannot take on any new financial advice clients. Existing advisers and clients will have until November 30 to work out next steps, before ...

Law firm adds financial services partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... Financial Services Group team earlier this month, based in Sydney. He specialises in financial services, financial markets, anti-money laundering, prudential and general corporate regulation. He has previously advised retail and investment banks, fund ...

Government-run super would leave members worse off: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... conservatively as few governments can withstand the political risk of negative returns during market downturns, leading to less money at retirement and more pressure on the Aged Pension to pick up the slack, ISA chief executive Bernie Dean, said. "This ...

End of the road for Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... a scathing review into school banking programs, finding they failed to teach children financial literacy or the value of money. Following the release of the report, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT quickly moved to ban the programs. CBA announced over ...