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Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... Wachtel had a 35-year career in the professional services industry, including as chair for Asia Pacific and Oceania at Ernst & Young (EY), member of the EY Global Governance Council and Global Risk Executive Committee, and later as a non-executive director. ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Superannuation is the number one topic Australians want financial advice on, however a significant proportion have little to no idea they can pay for it through their super. Based on a survey of 2250 Australians, Colonial First State's (CFS) Empowered ...

COVID 'masked' issues at core of productivity problem: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a "productivity bubble", in which measured labour productivity rose to a record high between January 2020 and March 2022 before returning to pre-pandemic levels in June 2023, the Productivity Commission (PC) has revealed. ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... fewer are receiving the Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO). Cbus research said the current income threshold is leaving young tradies, apprentices, and women in construction, without support that would give their retirement savings a boost. Cbus said ...

Entireti, Otivo enter strategic alliance for digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Entireti and licensed digital advice platform Otivo have partnered up to build a scalable, low-cost solution to "meet the needs of consumers across the advice continuum." The partnership will see Entireti and Otivo combine their IP and resources to ...

Mercer Super recruits whistleblower as risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... at National Australia Bank. Interestingly, Gentilin is the author of The Origins of Ethical Failure, which he penned as a young trader at NAB. During his time with the lender, he blew the whistle on a major foreign exchange trading scandal that saw four ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Future Fund delivered a 7.9% return for the year to March 31, topping its annual target; though its quarterly performance undershot the benchmark. The sovereign wealth fund returned 1.2% for the March quarter, below the 1.9% target. However, over ...

Rest details internal program to reform death benefit processes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... pointed to demographic factors that may explain the fund's processing timeframes, noting it has the highest proportion of young members, with more than one million under the age of 30. The spokesperson said these members are less likely to access ...

Equity Story to buy advisory firm Baker Young

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
Stock market trading advice group Equity Story will acquire Adelaide-based advisory firm Baker Young for $4.2 million in cash, as it looks to expand its wealth management footprint. The transaction is expected to be earnings-accretive and "meaningfully ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... urgent issue. "The current financial uncertainty that we're seeing at the moment is affecting [everyone from] the curious young investors to retirees," she noted. "So, for me this is really about, how do we get really good and affordable financial ...