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Pascoe Partners, OpenInvest launch online investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... requiring the full personal advice service. "As a well-established firm with offices in Perth and the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, we have helped a very large number of clients establish their SMSF as a means to achieve long-term wealth creation ...

Super gender balance gap increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... Hawksburn and Toorak residents made $222,967 per annum - the highest for Victoria, followed by Portsea workers with $221,236. Western Australia's Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove made the top 10 list with residents making $229,805 on average. Surgeons ...

Allianz Retire+ strengthens distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... distribution team in recent times. Stephen Armstrong joined this month in the newly created role of state manager for Western Australia (WA) and South Australia (SA). Armstrong was previously a key account manager for AMP's Platform business and ...

US default risk: Are credit default swaps signalling trouble?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
A Western Asset product specialist says rising credit default swap (CDS) spreads have sparked concerns. However, he downplayed the risk of a US default, calling it a "very low probability event". Robert Abad recalled the sole instance of a "technical" ...

High Court rejects Mayfair 101 plea

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... Parliamentary Inquiry into ASIC's conduct, will reveal just how broken ASIC really is." Separately, the Federal Court of Western Australia has scheduled a trial to commence December 4 in the defamation proceedings brought by Mawhinney against ASIC and ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... economy. In terms of spending reductions, it's recommended cutting spending on major defence and transport projects; undoing Western Australia's special deal on the GST; trimming spending on hospitals, pathology, and pharmaceuticals; reducing spending ...

Former AMP adviser pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... the insurer had not been met and they risked not being covered by AMP under the relevant policies. The District Court of Western Australia will determine the sentencing date on May 19.

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... national strategy developed by the government to address the issue of domestic and family violence in Australia. Finally, Western Australia has enacted much-needed reform by allowing de facto couples to split their superannuation assets in case of a ...

Fink warns of "slow rolling crisis"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... said, was the first domino to drop. "Bond markets were down 15% last year, but it still seemed, as they say in those old Western movies, "quiet, too quiet." Something else had to give as the fastest pace of rate hikes since the 1980s exposed cracks in ...

We are closer to a pause: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... highlighted Australia's record-low unemployment rate and said it's a "positive outcome" not mirrored by many other western countries. However, the tone dropped when he was questioned about upcoming meetings with suicide prevention agencies. "At ...