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Advice reforms can solve retirement income challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
Opening up superannuation funds to more comprehensive financial advice could help solve some of the retirement income challenges Australians face, according to the Actuaries Institute. In its submission to the Retirement Phase of Superannuation consultation ...

Treasury promises flexibility to adviser qualifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
Financial advisers are promised "greater flexibility" in gaining educational and training qualifications under new amendments proposed by Treasury. Yesterday, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones launched a consultation to update how advisers can demonstrate ...

Key advice reforms still coming, Jones promises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... undergraduate stuff", and a "need to recognise there's different callings within the broader industry as well." A new pathway is also likely required for those looking to provide advice on behalf of superannuation funds, he said, acknowledging they ...

Challenger duo joins Allianz Retire+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
Allianz Retire+ has appointed two Challenger executives to the newly created role of head of group retirement solutions, client delivery. Catherine van der Veen and Lucy Foster will share the position, managing client relationships, onboarding key partners ...

American Century unveils new global strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
... bottom-up, fundamental research and a proprietary sustainability framework. "The team will leverage our proprietary Improvement Pathway (IP) framework to identify companies that recognise the importance and value of transitioning their business operations ...

CFA final exam pass rate declines

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
... career potential," Carroll said. For future Level III candidates, the CFA Institute has also released a new specialist pathway. Beginning in May 2024, candidates registering for their Level III CFA Program exam will be able to select from three specialist ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... portfolio alignment with 50% of 'priority companies' to be 'net zero' or 'aligned' to a net zero pathway within listed equities by 2030, and will consider future adoption of a target for investments in climate-related opportunities. ...

Experience pathway enshrined in legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... Stephen Jones said by better recognising the experience of long-serving financial advisers, the government is providing a pathway for experienced advisers to remain in the industry. "This means that new entrants will have the benefit of their experience ...

RBA holds cash rate at 4.1%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... fair to judge that, at this stage, the economy is tracking in what the governor has previously described as the narrow pathway to a soft landing," they added. However, the pair said the path ahead remained unclear. "At the same time, we are still only ...

Latest CPI data provides case for rate pause

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
Inflation in Australia has slowed to its lowest level in a year and a half, encouraging thoughts that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) tightening cycle has peaked. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed the consumer price index (CPI) ...