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Advisers share winning intergenerational wealth strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
The $3.5 trillion wealth transfer will be Australia's biggest economic event over the next 20 years, according to AMP Advice national lead Anjuum Siingh, who chaired a panel of financial advisers at the Financial Standard Retirement Income Forum today. ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
Insignia Financial is set to pilot a four-day work week, a win for employees in recent Enterprise Agreement (EA) negotiations. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) and Insignia Financial have capped months of bargaining, with 68% of employees voting in favour ...

Vale Todd Guyot

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Todd Guyot, the portfolio manager of Regal Funds Management, has passed away. Regal chief investment officer Phil King paid tribute to Guyot, who died suddenly over the weekend. "Todd was a terrific investor, an even greater person, and a cherished ...

ANZ, OnePath settle $50m class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... that OPC breached its duties as trustee by investing members' superannuation funds in cash investment options with its parent company ANZ, at rates for members that were lower than those offered to other depositors with no ties to ANZ. It also alleged ...

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The Senate committee tasked with investigating issues related to menopause wants the government to research the efficacy of existing reproductive leave policies in Australia and overseas with consideration to introducing it in the National Employment ...

Super to be paid on parental leave from July 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... savings. "The Albanese Government's reform will go a long way in closing the inequitable gender superannuation gap. No parent should be penalised for taking time out of the workforce to take care of their newborn child. Paying super on Commonwealth Paid ...

Growing super balances show more work to be done: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
New research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows that while super balances are largely growing, there's still plenty to be done to ensure positive retirement outcomes for all. ASFA's An update on superannuation account ...

Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
The Coalition plans to amend paid parental leave legislation to let parents opt for a one-off cash payment instead of superannuation contributions on government-funded paid parental leave. A joint statement from deputy leader of the opposition Sussan ...

Federal Court approves AMP BOLR class action settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... Financial Planning (AMPFP) must now pay financial advisers who saw the value of their practices deteriorate on the back of parent company AMP controversially changing its BOLR rules in 2020. A large chunk of the settlement sum will go to litigation funder ...

SPAC acquires Australian Food & Agriculture

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... and cattle operations. Over 10 years, AFA has returned 16% annually on average. Bell Group Holdings (BGH), which is the parent company of Bell Financial Group (BFG), Bell Securities, and Bell Asset Management, has about 66% interest in AFA. Former BFG ...