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Data demonstrates success of compulsory super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... in retirement. For both super and other savings or investments, one-third nominated drawing down capital or spending, selling the capital to generate income, while approximately one-fifth did not want to use their capital at all for income. Only 10% ...

Chant West launches platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... includes criteria such as the quality of the platform's adviser portal and other digital tools, the process for buying and selling assets, business level reporting and client reporting capabilities, as well as contact centre, technical and practice management ...

A strong super system cushions the economy: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... individual companies navigating short-term challenges. "From a macroeconomic perspective, this ability to buy when everyone is selling (countercyclical investment) stabilises the economy and provides much-needed capital to help businesses weather financial ...

Females, millennials lead the way in SMSFs: Class

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... and SMSF legislation have made it easier for people to make additional contributions, whether it's from the proceeds of selling a home or through the carry-forward rule of unused concessional contributions. "All these options can be a great way to grow ...

ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... for an apology, before issuing an apology weeks before fronting Commissioner Kenneth Hayne. Three months later it ceased selling life insurance and flagged the likelihood of a liquidity crisis before suspending trading in February 2019 before committing ...

Macquarie Asset Management buys Veolia waste business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... for $3.5 billion. MAM will acquire 100% of the share capital of Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Group. Veolia has been selling off parts of Suez recently in response to anti-trust concerns raised by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... rate over recent months) - as well as record highs in business survey measures of capacity utilisation, labour costs and selling prices - indicates extreme tightness in both labour and product markets." This poses upside risk to wages and inflation the ...

OTC derivatives provider loses licence, executives banned

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... Financial. The regulator found call centre representatives persuaded Sirius Financial clients to trade using pressure selling tactics and provided clients with personal advice when it was not licensed to do so. Sirius Financial was also found to have ...

Subjects of Royal Commission case study found guilty in court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... BlueInc Services Pty Ltd (BlueInc) and Insurance Marketing Service Pty Ltd (IMS) engaged in unconscionable conduct when selling insurance products. The Court also found Russell Howden, the managing and sole director of Select and BlueInc, was involved ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... They pay no administration fees or charges to the HOPE Fund and can pay down HOPE's equity share at any time. Upon selling, any capital gains will be split proportionally according to equity interest - same goes for any losses. In developing the ...