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Pre-retirees risk significant shortfalls: MLC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
An alarming number of pre-retirees are at risk of falling short of what is required for a 'comfortable retirement', according to research from MLC. More than half of those aged between 50 and 70 are on course to fall beneath the ASFA standard ($545,000 ...

Labor, FSU call for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
APRA's inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank reinforces an urgent need for a banking Royal Commission, according to Labor and the Finance Sector Union of Australia. If there are doubts about the need for a Royal Commission a year ago, there can be no doubts ...

Financial services leaders push for marriage equality

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
More than sixty major financial services institutions are supporting marriage equality in the lead up to the highly anticipated postal survey on same-sex marriage. Financial services businesses ranging from superannuation funds AustralianSuper and HESTA ...

Liquidnet promotes Australian leader, names successor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Liquidnet's former head of Australia, Tristan Baldwin, recently relocated to Hong Kong following his promotion as regional head of sales for Asia-Pacific. Joining the global institutional trading platform as its new head of Australia is Murrough O'Brien. ...

Financial lifestyle coaching: The future of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Financial adviser roles as we know them will cease to exist in coming years as the push towards financial lifestyle coaching rises. A recent adviser 'think tank' hosted by Zurich - comprising four advisers, BT Financial Group head of licensee development ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a ...

Former politician to chair Equity Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
A former Victorian premier and media personality is expected to become the next chairman of Equity Trustees. Subject to his re-election to the board at EQT's annual general meeting in October, Jeff Kennett will succeed current chairman Tony Killen who ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
I'll see your "fire and fury" and raise you Guam. Yes Virginia, that's Trump and Kim going ballistic once again as they play high stakes ICBM poker. Who will be the first to blink and fold? From what we already know of each players' character and temperament ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Not happy Jan! This is the collective cry of Australian consumers according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. Yet only a day before, the NAB business survey showed that business conditions in July were at their best ...

VicSuper appoints board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
VicSuper appointed a legal expert as a new member to its board. Corporate lawyer Gabrielle Bell joins the $19 billion superannuation fund, replacing the employer director role vacated by Craig Cook in July. She is also a member of the VicSuper Investment ...