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Regulators to face committee scrutiny

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
The ACCC, APRA and ASIC will front the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics tomorrow to discuss super fund underperformance, greenwashing and the rise of finfluencers. In what will be the committee's first public hearings into the ...

Lumiant partners with Envestnet | Yodlee

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... financial data collection and aggregation, allowing clients and financial professionals to see the overall net worth of a household in one place. "Advisers can now better define specific financial goals for their clients and use that data to power its ...

KPMG proposes tax offset, reform to boost gender equality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... the times when men were regarded as the main breadwinners, with women being permitted to do some paid work to bolster household incomes," a KPMG report argued. Further, it said that women's ongoing economic disadvantage will become increasingly entrenched ...

Financial stress at record highs: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... flexible ways of working are seemingly here to stay, easing the logistical pressure cooker for many families and reducing household expenditure." Owens upended that rising stress has been a catalyst for many Australians to engage with their finances. ...

Financial literacy in Australia drops by almost 10%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... levels of financial illiteracy, 53.77% were literate compared to men 70.19%. Women aged 18-24 were most likely to have a household budget, 50% while men in the same cohort were lower at 31%. However, among those aged 25-54 years, men were generally more ...

Online investor numbers taper out: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
Retail investor numbers have dropped as pandemic-driven hype dampens according to an Investment Trends, 2022 First Half Australia Online Investing report. The report reveals retail online investor numbers have begun to ease. An estimated 1.47 million ...

Strong wage growth lags inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... now flowing through to wages, which should keep the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) confident that wages will support household income, Barclays upheld. "We continue to expect three more 25 basis point hikes by the RBA," the bank said. Reinforcing their ...

Norwegian wealth fund records $250bn loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
Norges Bank Investment Management announced the Government Pension Fund Global lost 1.68 trillion Norwegian krone, which is the equivalent of almost $250 billion AUD in the first half of this year, largely driven by equity returns, primarily technology ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... to soften more materially, which we expect to occur over the coming months as higher interest rates begin to weigh on household budgets." Meanwhile, ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence levels dropped after the RBA raised interest rates for the fourth ...

Insignia Financial, Personetics partnership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... chief executive Renato Mota said consumer financial wellbeing is dependent on a continuum of support - from a basic household budget to comprehensive financial advice. "We believe innovation and technology will help us deliver advice across using various ...