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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 ...

APRA investigates NobleOak capital adequacy breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
The prudential regulator is taking action against NobleOak Life for breaching its capital adequacy obligations. APRA said this morning that it will investigate the ASX-listed company's compliance process that led to breaches of capital adequacy requirements ...

Pay gap bill passes, effective next year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... directly to salary," she said. "Because of the compounding nature of returns every dollar invested early in your working life can be worth four dollars at retirement. That means women retire with less than men, undermining their quality of life and dignity ...

Objective will not achieve any real purpose: IFPA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023
The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (IFPA) has bucked the trend, rejecting the proposal to legislate an objective of superannuation. The IFPA said it supports consistency in future policy making around superannuation, which should be ...

Lumiant secures $5.2m seed funding

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023
... mobile is a pleasure. "We're confident that our clients will benefit from the ability to monitor progress toward their life and financial goals in real-time and on the go," he said. Invest Blue managing director David Stephen explained the firm was ...

ANZIIF chief steps down

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... Reynolds, Megan Beer, and current board president Tim Plant. Reflecting on her tenure, Willsford said it's been an amazing life experience. "I've been given extraordinary opportunities to learn and grow and to make an impact. I feel strongly that ...

Super reform "takes away the right to be tax exempt"

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... additional tax. But many small businesspeople and farmers are asset-rich, cash-poor, where their business has been their whole life," she said. "They have simply relied upon and trusted the super system to plan their eventual retirement."

ClearView enhances ClearChoice products

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
The wealth manager has unveiled a variety of enhancements to its flagship life insurance product range, ClearView ClearChoice. Among the changes, ClearView is simplifying product names across the income protection (IP) range to increase clarity for ...

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... that is supporting what super funds are already doing. "It's been a very open conversation, sharing case studies of real-life examples. The focus so far has been on really mapping out the key sorts of milestones in the lifecycle of a member and what ...

Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... requires much more bespoke advice," he said. He said the modern pension system itself is derived from 20th century three-stage life but within this world, the population will need to start thinking in different ways and shift money between periods. Scott ...