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BT, Striver partner to tackle adviser shortage

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... training opens up pathways to financial planning careers, which graduates may not have otherwise considered. "We need more people to pursue the noble profession of financial advice, so that more Australians can access the advice they need to achieve ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... behaviour, and would help make the system fairer," Grattan said. The second super measure is to increase the age at which people can use their super, from 60 to 65, over the next decade. This, Grattan estimates, would save over $7 billion a year. Grattan ...

Digital advice association in the works

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... to establish common ground around some of the key issues. "During the QAR process, we started to reach out to a range of people in this space and see if there was any common ground," he said. "Some responded and some didn't. Following that, there ...

Investor education combats emotions: Experts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... financial understanding to fall back on. Unfortunately, when that information and education is not readily available for people, short-term emotion driven thinking and pack mentality can come into play. "A lot of emotionally driven decisions made are ...

Mercer Super names key executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... confident that we have the right leadership team to take us forward for the benefit of our members, our clients and our people." Collocott, Wallace and about 350 former BT staff joined Mercer this week under the merger.

Lowe reinforces more hikes may come

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... inflation is corrosive and damages our economy. It erodes the value of savings, puts pressure on household budgets and hurts people on low incomes the most," Lowe said. "If inflation becomes ingrained in expectations, it requires even higher interest ...

Digitisation an immediate area of growth: Fund manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
When it comes to deploying capital in a turbulent global market, EFGAM New Capital's senior portfolio manager Jonathan Rawicz has his eye on the AI universe. Speaking with Financial Standard, Rawicz said the drive to digitisation is one of the biggest ...

Consumer interests prioritised in YFYS review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... administration, revealing that stapling protections are being bypassed through employee onboarding processes, resulting in people being pulled out of quality funds and placed in high-fee, poor-performing options, often leading to the creation of costly ...

Maple-Brown Abbott relaunches sustainable fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... disparity in living standards - require purposeful capital investment to enable solutions and support positive outcomes for people and the planet. The Australian Sustainable Future Fund looks to play an active role in that process." Rahmani added the ...

Spark Financial Group launches digital investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... to engage with investing and building wealth in an accessible fashion and for Spark to reach an even greater number of people seeking cost-effective solutions," Kallos said. Kallos added that he saw the launch of Spark Invest as a "win-win initiative" ...