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Joining the 1% around the world: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
New analysis reveals that Australians would have to work 66 years and five months to join the country's wealthiest 1%, while Chinese workers would need more than 101 years in the workforce to join China's 1%. In a stark illustration of wealth inequality ...

Integrity Life hires product GM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... created role to bring even greater focus to building products and propositions that are designed to protect everyday Australians," Integrity Life chief executive Sean McCormack said. "Gary is an experienced life insurance executive having spent over ...

Better Advice Bill gets green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... committed to continuing to improve the regulatory framework applying to the financial advice sector and ensuring that Australians can get access to affordable and high-quality advice," she said. Labor MP Daniel Mulino ultimately supports the new legislation ...

Pinnacle backs investment platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... reductions in the number of licensed advisers, there is a growing "advice gap" in this country," he said. "There are many Australians who would like to access professional investment assistance but find it too costly to obtain personal financial advice. ...

IOOF to adopt new name, brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... step for IOOF, he said, reinforcing the group's desire to be known as a financial wellbeing organisation for all Australians. "We are different and now was the time to ask the question," he said. "If we were starting with a blank sheet of paper ...

Superhero offers access to Bitcoin ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... Bitcoin ETF to Australian investors, after it listed in the US yesterday. The ProShares Bitcoin ETF will be available to Australians using the Superhero platform to buy US shares. It is the first Bitcoin linked ETF available to investors. Superhero customers ...

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... source their own renewable energy to generate computer power. "Australia can be a leader in digital assets. This means Australians can access new choices and lower prices. It means Australians can have more control of their financial destiny rather than ...

Default MySuper fees drop to 1%: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... reduced their fees last financial year, with the average fees paid by members now sitting at 1%. The 13.5 million Australians with a MySuper account currently pay less than $30 billion a year in fees after a year of reductions across not-for-profit and ...

Octopus Investments bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
Octopus Investments, an energy asset manager, has made several appointments after recently surpassing $1 billion in assets under management. On the sales side the firm recently appointed Tim Kok to head of institutional product. Kok was previously an ...

Link names head of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
Link Group hired a new lead for insurance who recently finished up at TAL Australia. Phil Angelico is now part of Link's retirement and superannuation solutions (RSS) unit, taking on the position of head of insurance in September. He is responsible ...