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Australian Unity mulls fund takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... Foreign Investment Review Board approval. The AOF holds nine office properties in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... fintech industry continues to grow to fill the gap and provide advice in new innovative ways. "We're seeing the games in Canberra [leadership spills, regulation] having a real affect, with 58% of millennials either saving more or spending less as confidence ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... At the end of the day, to paraphrase DavidW2035's tweet, "people will continue to be too scared to go out to dinner in Canberra. There are gangs of old white men with blue ties stabbing each other in the back."

Government introduces financial literacy strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer, unveiled the National Financial Capability Strategy at an event in Canberra yesterday. The website provides material such as research and upcoming events that help Australians manage money day-to-day ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Out roadshow which started in Queensland this month and will now travel to Bendigo, Geelong, Newcastle, Central Coast, Canberra, Wollongong, Cairns and Hobart.

Soaring funeral costs require adviser airtime

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... shows Sydney as the most expensive city for a funeral service at $8357, followed by Perth ($7584), Brisbane ($7505) and Canberra ($7303). The national average is about $7449. Hacker said it does depend on the location in Sydney and the costs of different ...

ASIC not to blame for trust deficit: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... Australia's financial services industry. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra last Friday, Shipton was asked what responsibility ASIC takes for what has occurred in recent years across the industry. ...

ASIC admits AMP inaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... attempting to mislead the regulator. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra today, senior leaders at ASIC admitted they were not surprised by the revelations about AMP publicised via the Royal Commission. ...

Cbus aims to reduce costs through internalisation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
In a speech at the Master Builders Australia National Leaders Summit in Canberra, Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok said his fund aims to manage at least 35% of its assets internally by 2022, thereby reducing costs by about 18 basis points. ...

Unpaid super reaches $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... superannuation, a figure estimated to be about $5.9 billion as at 2015-16. Speaking to a Senate committee hearing in Canberra on Friday, ISA public affairs director Matt Linden said the group estimates about three million workers were short-changed compulsory ...