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More financially secure women seek advice: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... comfortably in retirement and travelling as their key goals and seek financial advice to maintain a level of prosperity, a new survey from Perpetual Private found. Canvassing its female client base to understand their priorities in the later stages of ...

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The Senate committee tasked with investigating issues related to menopause wants the government to research the efficacy of existing reproductive leave policies in Australia and overseas with consideration to introducing it in the National Employment ...

Advisers reveal hurdles preventing SMA adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of model portfolios EMEA and APAC Kathleen Gallagher revealed the main concerns financial advisers have with employing managed accounts in their business, at the 2024 Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum. ...

Pre-retirees expect less reliance on Age Pension: Investment Trends

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... Pension, but the reality is retirees currently need nearly double that amount, a new study from Investment Trends finds. A survey of more than 5600 participants in accumulation phase expect that only 12% of their retirement income will come from the ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... workers experiencing symptoms are likely to retire early as a result. In October 2023, the FSU launched its first ever survey on the impact of menstruation and menopause on financial services workers and their output and ability to work. It sought to ...

Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... it altogether. The nation is currently showing low confidence in Age Pension, where up to 38% of participants in another survey plan to " explore part-time work or other employment opportunities post-retirement." The Natixis survey reinforces this, showing ...

Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... the RBA and that unfortunately means the burden remains on mortgage holders." According to Finder's latest RBA Cash Rate Survey, around one in four economists expect to see the first rate cut by Christmas.

Heightened costs push young Aussies to plan ahead: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Close to half of those aged 18 to 39 are taking more action for their retirement in light of heightened cost-of-living pressures, a HESTA study reveals. These actions include salary sacrificing and using online calculators to keep track of their superannuation. ...

Retirees not confident in Age Pension: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
Some 82% of retirees and pre-retirees believe the Age Pension is insufficient, new study shows. A new survey from Allianz Retire+, How do we make retirements more epic?, found that 82% of retirees and pre-retirees believe the Age Pension is insufficient ...

State Street partners with Taurus to expand digital asset services

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... institutional interest in digital assets is at an "all-time high", State Street claims, which is also shown through a recent survey on institutional investors' sentiment towards cryptocurrencies.