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Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS | TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016

New data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows the retirement savings gender gap is highest for women who work part-time and are in the bottom two tax brackets. The gap in super savings is most severe for females on lower taxable incomes ...

Mentor Education appoints new chair

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS | TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016

Mentor Education, Australia's largest privately owned financial services training company has appointed Jim Taggart to the role of the organisation's inaugural chair. Taggart has had a distinguished career as a financial adviser and business and community ...

Infocus purchases another advice business

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016

Privately-owned Infocus Wealth Management has acquired its fourth financial advice business in the space of two years, underlining the group's succession plan and wider strategy. Infocus now owns two advice businesses in Melbourne, two in south-east ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016

Australian retail sales Retail spending showed no change in the month of February. This is lower than market expectations for a 0.4% lift, marking the third month in a row of disappointing retail sales - up 0.3% in January versus expectations for a ...

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE | MONDAY, 4 APR 2016

The Australian housing market is heading towards a price plateau, not a sharp crash according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC). This view helps to dampen new research from Finder which found that 89.3% of Australian housing debt was at an ...

The lucky country may not be so for future generations

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS | MONDAY, 4 APR 2016

New research from MLC reveals a third of Australian parents think lack of financial planning will prevent their children from enjoying the same lifestyle as them, with nearly 60% of the 2,000 surveyed saying the next generation will never own their ...

Shaw and Partners appoints senior adviser

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 4 APR 2016

Shaw and Partners has appointed a new private client adviser. Hatem Matar joins Shaw and Partners from Morgan Stanley, where he was a senior derivatives adviser. Prior to that, he held roles at Ord Minnett, St George and Leveraged Equities. Commenting ...

NAB appoints MD for innovation

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 4 APR 2016

NAB has appointed the managing director of its $50 million innovation fund, NAB Ventures. Todd Forest was previously chief executive of Clipp, a mobile payments app which allows users to pay a restaurant bill or bar tab with their phone (instead of ...

Indigenous workers retire with 27pct less: research

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 4 APR 2016

Indigenous males are likely to retire with a superannuation balance matching non-indigenous females who have no career break according to new industry research. This finding comes from the latest paper examining retirement adequacy for indigenous Australians ...

Alternative mandates eclipse equities

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 4 APR 2016

For the first time since 2009, alternative assets have eclipsed equities for the largest asset class share among institutional investment mandates in Australia. That pivotal moment occurred during the final quarter of 2015, and it reflects a trend seen ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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