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The transferrable skills for advisers who changed careers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... major career change. Forbes was a professional baseball player in the US before he made the switch to financial advice. Problem solving, discipline, resilience, teamwork, and collaboration were some of the key skills he gained as a professional athlete. ...

ASIC issues warning over shoddy DDO practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... to understand. Some issuers had to follow consumers up via phone to explain terms, which ASIC said clearly signifies a problem with the question design. Other issuers allowed consumers to attempt the questionnaires multiple times, with some encouraging ...

Too much being asked of super trustees: Levy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... Senate Economics Committee, Michelle Levy said it is too much to expect superannuation trustees to fix Australia's housing problem. Levy said she is sympathetic to the housing crisis, noting that she agrees owning a home does help in retirement, but ...

Vale Greg Bright

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... emerging journalists. Bright also didn't shy away from providing feedback to his fellow journalists, once saying "the one problem with journalism is that you only ever get feedback from other journalists." He was always forthcoming with advice, never ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Australia must move beyond pervasive short-termism and lift its policy ambitions if the nation is to reach its economic potential, according to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). "Our record of almost three decades of economic ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Ethical investment groups Ethinvest and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super ...

Independent MPs call for super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Independent MPs have called for urgent amendments to the Better Targeted Super Bill, particularly regarding the proposed taxation of unrealised gains. The controversial legislation introduces a 30% tax rate for superannuation earnings exceeding $3 million ...

Australia's safety nets 'stretched too thin': CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... highlighted that there was a "clear need" for accessible and reliable financial advice to address the growing underinsurance problem which reportedly leaves 3.4 million people with inadequate protection in critical moments, the report said. "We have ...

CFMEU fallout stokes governance debate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
The ongoing scandal surrounding the Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) has called into question the governance settings within the industry superannuation fund sector, with some suggesting boards no longer require - or benefit ...

The four Ds to watch in the decades to come: La Trobe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
There are four key themes that will drive investment outcomes over the next generation, says La Trobe Financial's Michael Watson. Speaking at the Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) regional roadshow in Terrigal this morning, Watson outlined the four themes ...