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Current legislation "wrong way around": Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy believes providing financial advice with a focus on best interests duty and duty of priority is doing things the wrong way. Commenting on her proposal to replace the best interests duty and duty of priority ...

The time for change is now: Jones

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has told the Association of Financial Advisers' THRIVE Conference that now is the time for change in the advice sector. Appearing via video link on the opening day of the conference ...

Ethereum merge: What it means for crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Ethereum's long-awaited merge has been finalised, the US$180 billion cryptocurrency's upgrade to a proof-of-stake mechanism slashing its energy consumption by 99.95%. Explaining the merge, Labrys founder and chief executive Lachlan Feeney said: "The ...

Inconsistencies across RIC strategies: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Mercer analysis of publicly available retirement income strategy summaries shows a great disparity between super funds' approaches. Under the requirements of the Retirement Income Covenant, trustees set out how they'll help members with their retirement ...

Susan Buckley to leave QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
After almost 21 years at Queensland Investment Corporation, Susan Buckley has decided to step down as managing director of the liquid markets group. QIC's director of fixed income Beverley Morris has been appointed acting head of the liquid markets ...

Lack of transparency hindering access to financial services: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has revealed the results of its 2022 Financial Transparency and Inclusion Report, which surveyed banks, insurers and non-bank financial institutions across 13 countries and regions. According to the report, 69% of respondents ...

Will listed infrastructure protect portfolios during market downturn?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
Recently, infrastructure has proven more resilient than global equities, however, when markets take a downturn it's not certain that alone will protect portfolios. Morningstar research shows that infrastructure has not been immune from market falls ...

Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
Australia has been ranked 40 th on a global index that measures where the most people are putting the biggest share of their wealth into cryptocurrency. Chainalysis' 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index said Vietnam holds the top spot for the second consecutive ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
According to new data, this year could be the most challenging in recent history to retire. Natixis IM shared its annual NIM Global Retirement Index (GRI) data and report named Danger Zone and said market downfall, low rates and inflation are taking ...

Crescent Wealth invests in water rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
The Islamic superannuation fund is investing in Australian water rights via Pinnacle's Riparian Capital Partners. The investments are held by Crescent Wealth's socially and environmentally responsible investment options in funds managed by Riparian ...