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Work, retirement redefined: Vanguard study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... Australians (identified as those within the study who did not self-identify as retired) have never engaged a financial adviser to help map out their retirement strategy. Of the Australians who have never sought professional advice, 75% report not being ...

UK to ban cold calling on all financial products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... a scam. Fraud costs the UK government about $13 billion a year, accounting for more than 40% of all crime. "Our plan will help protect you and your loved ones from these scams and the predators who perpetrate them. The time has come to put the fraudsters ...

FAAA suggests adviser pathway tweaks

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... an eight-subject graduate diploma," she said. Abood said implementing an appropriately targeted experienced pathway could help to offset the substantial decline in adviser numbers over recent years, down 45% since 1 January 2019. "A significant number ...

Kilter Rural launches $500m agriculture fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... been accepting of the science around climate change and has been planning its landscapes for extreme weather events with the help of the CSIRO and IPCC. "For many years, the CSIRO and IPCC have come into our office to present the latest modeling and ...

HESTA revamps insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... government body necessary to their role, and have 10 years' experience in senior management or executive roles. "These changes help ensure that the cover continues to be sustainable, so we can continue to offer members access to a basic level of protection ...

ASX expands partnership program criteria

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... criteria for potential participants. The CHESS Replacement $70 million Partnership Program canvasses industry stakeholders to help the redesign the settlements and share registry system by paying them incentives. The program has two components. The Participant ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said that without a sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council ...

Superhero to launch adviser platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... become increasingly inaccessible for many Australians in recent years. "Ultimately we want to create a platform that can help advisers deliver more seamless, affordable and understandable advice to more people," he said. "We also want to enable Australians ...

GBST acquires WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... investment platform offers both back-office administration and front-end digital capabilities, streamlining workflows to help advisers manage client relationships, portfolios, and administrative tasks. GBST chief executive Rob DeDominicis told Financial ...

Reserve Bank raises cash rate to 3.85%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... becomes "entrenched in people's expectations, it would be very costly to reduce later", adding that today's hike will "help in this regard." It follows the RBA keeping rates on hold last month. Interestingly, most experts thought the same would ...