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AustralianSuper says women face superannuation poverty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
New research from AustralianSuper unearths startling realities about women facing poverty in retirement. The study, conducted with the help of Monash University, found mounting evidence surrounding the gender gap in superannuation after interviewing ...

Scale integral to adviser success

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
The successful financial advice businesses of the future will be those that have gained effective scale. That is the view of Fortnum Private Wealth, believing the increasingly challenging nature of running an advice business will give rise to advice ...

Freedom drops chief, slashes workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... the help of Deloitte, only 90 employees will remain. Total restructuring costs, which include redundancy payments, will mount to $4.8 million. Slashing operating expenses is expected to save Freedom $15 million per annum. Freedom said the restructure ...

CommInsure misled FOS: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
CommInsure admitted it misled the Financial Ombudsman Service that was helping resolve a claimant's dispute by deliberately withholding medical information and delaying the process, the Royal Commission heard yesterday afternoon. Counsel assisting ...

Global property manager appoints Aussie asset management lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... across debt and equity." TH Estate's core Australian holdings include stakes in Myer on Bourke Street in Melbourne, Mount Ommaney Shopping Centre in Brisbane, 101 Miller Street and Greenwood Plaza in North Sydney. The 80-year-old TH Real Estate is ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
The already limited availability of financial advice in regional and rural Australia is at risk of being further undermined as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues. An analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows 4700 financial ...

Listed fintech partners for financial wellness

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
An ASX-listed fintech partnered with an online financial literacy hub to expand its distribution strategy and launched a new financial wellness program. Marketplace lender Wisr has partnered with Your Wealth Hub, a digital financial literacy and employee ...

Equity Trustees appoints US executive, partners in Ireland

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... Kalman said. On June 8, Equity Trustees also signed a deal to sell a parcel of land located 45km outside of Melbourne, in Mount Eliza on behalf of the R.M. Ansett Trust, representing the fortune of Sir Reginald Ansett of Ansett Airlines. Equity Trustees ...

$900bn of wealth soon up for grabs: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... advisers leave the major banks at 270% of the historical rate so far this year. Adviser Ratings added that pressure would mount on advice practices to alter their business model in the event of an adviser exodus coinciding with an ageing client demographic. ...

AMP kept unsuspecting clients in the dark: RC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
The financial services Royal Commission censored the names of two AMP financial planning clients who currently don't know they are the victims of improper advice provided by an authorised representative. AMP knew as early as March 2017 the husband and ...