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Women in Super appoints chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... former deputy chief executive of Industry Super Australia. In addition to Women in Super, she also sits on the board of Victoria Legal Aid as a non-executive director. "Robbie Campo brings unparalleled experience and dedication to the role, and I very ...

Super gender balance gap increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... Workers in the ACT held the highest super balances with men and women saving $253,548 and $213,247 respectively. Workers in Victoria come second; men had $197,431 and women saved $156,192 in their nest egg. Workers in New South Wales sit in third spot ...

Risk of recession growing: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... economy," he said. "All at a time when some states have removed their public sector wage growth caps, New South Wales and Victoria, and we've also seen a 15% rise in aged care wages. All of those things could build upwards pressure on wage growth." ...

Future Fund adds to investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
Future Fund has strengthened its investment team with the hire of Toby McMillan as director of unlisted property. McMillan arrives from the $60 billion quasi-sovereign wealth fund Victorian Funds Management Corporation. McMillan worked at VFMC for more ...

AFCA outlines systemic issues in wealth management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has shed light on what it considers systemic shortcomings in the superannuation, investment, and financial advice industries. The AFCA Systemic Issues Insights report identified multiple instances ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... developing the NextGen bootcamp for young advisers and Synchron's legal battle against the State Revenue Office of Victoria in relation to payroll tax being applied to the earnings of small advice practices, which ran from 2014 to June 2016. On LinkedIn ...

Finfluencers bridge financial advice gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... limited advice. The advice gap is widest among adults aged 18-34. It is precisely this cohort that finfluencers such as Victoria Devine, host of She's on the Money podcast with a following of 172,000 on Instagram, have been able to tap into. Guideway ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received close to 1500 complaints about superannuation funds over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Releasing data now that the World Health Organisation has declared the pandemic over, AFCA said ...

Class action commenced against IG Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
Piper Alderman and Omni Bridgeway have filed their class action against IG Markets, representing investors that lost hundreds of millions trading contracts for difference (CFDs). In October 2022, the two firms said they were planning an action against ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... include Tasmania's Battery of the Nation project and various Renewable Energy Zones including offshore wind projects in Victoria, critical transmission assets in New South Wales, the $10 billion Capacity Investment Scheme, the cross-government National ...