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Pensioners to pay more under aged care reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... services, build new homes and refurbish existing ones, offering more beds," UnitingCare Australia national director Claerwen Little said. "Every Australian deserves to age with dignity regardless of their financial circumstances and we hope that the ...

ASIC issues warning over shoddy DDO practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... surveillance found only a few issuers monitored consumer outcomes and product performance. It also found that most issuers "took little to no steps to test the outcomes of the product after it was distributed." "In circumstances where subsequent acquisitions ...

RBA lays down the law on interest rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... to be coming back into the bank's 2-3% targe range, it remains too high. "With underlying inflation having fallen very little over the past year in quarterly terms, the board is vigilant to upside risks," Bullock said. "That is why, as the board has ...

Melbourne adviser sentenced to 18 months' prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... which he was the sole director. Grimm admitted each of the companies, Thrive Lending, Trade BTC, and Beta Pharmacology, had little market value. On a further seven occasions between 5 November 2015 and 11 November 2015, Grimm dishonestly transferred ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... message: caregiving is valued, and financial security in retirement is a right. "It's about time we delivered this little bundle of fairness, and we couldn't be happier." Rest has also called on parliament to pass the legislation without delay. ...

RBA on hold: Experts split on 2024 cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... head of Australian economics Gareth Aird held his prediction for a November cut. "The overall message out of the RBA was a little more hawkish than we anticipated. But given the RBA is highly data dependent it will ultimately be the data that determines ...

New shadow assistant treasurer's vision for advice, super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... regulations is hurting people, making it difficult to provide "simple advice" to young Australians. He said there's very little financial literacy among young people in Australia, unless their parents teach them about superannuation and investing. ...

FICAP RockStar raises over $100k for charity partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... McLaren said the calibre of performances was higher than ever this year, but Makoni "absolutely owned the stage," leaving "little doubt as to who would win." The event sees financial industry professionals belt out their favourite tunes in pursuit of ...

Remediation professionals told to temper expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... their skillset. "Many hiring managers did not look favourably at those who worked on narrow types of wealth compliance with little depth to their technical skills in this period," it said. "Candidates often had to take a step back in remuneration to ...

ANZ, Westpac 'the cheapest majors': Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... Bank is expensive. On a forward P/E over 20 times and a fully franked dividend yield under 4%, valuation metrics leave little room for disappointment. The share price strength is at odds with our three-year EPS growth forecast of 4% per year," Zaia said. ...