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What "wealthy" means to Australians: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... wealth like savings, equities, and managed investments. "We've traded off that [homeownership] in order to get superannuation or to provide other sources of income and wealth," Salt said. Also, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, life ...

Optimum Pensions urges super trustees to insure mortality risk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... variability for each person's future income," Optimum Pensions said. "When designing products, it's important that superannuation trustees and their advisers be aware of the inherent uncertainty when predicting future mortality rates for any group ...

Poor financial literacy worsens underinsurance problem

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... pressure, the risk is that people, especially women, will fall further behind. "Life insurance, particularly through superannuation where it is accessible and affordable, is a fundamental safety net and arguable more relevant than ever before," she s ...

SMSF sector hit the reset button: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... 5.8% per annum over the last five years. However, this was slower than the 6.6% p.a. pace at which the rest of the superannuation sector grew. "The number of SMSFs established fell one-third in 2018 and 2019, from about 30,000 per year to about 20,000 ...

Economic landscape spurs advice model rethink

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... investment performance. Instead, they are adding value in areas such as budgeting and cashflow management, debt, superannuation, tax, Centrelink, retirement planning, estate planning and aged care, Desktop Broker found. Additionally, advisers are increasing ...

Mercer embroiled in greenwashing allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Setting a precedent, the corporate watchdog has taken Mercer Superannuation Australia to court for alleged greenwashing conduct. Mercer marketed the Sustainable Plus options, available in the Mercer Super Trust (MST), as suitable for members who "are ...

HESTA hires from MLC Super for GM role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... worked at the National Australia Bank, most recently as the head of business delivery in the lender's corporate superannuation. "It's fantastic to welcome Wendy Forster-Smith to HESTA during this time of growth and transformation for the fund,' ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Loosening financial advice regulation under the Quality of Advice Review proposals would highly benefit superannuation fund members, but many are convinced that this only works in theory. The Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy stuck to her ...

ASIC bans mortgage broker for eight years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
An unlicensed mortgage broker who misled superannuation fund members about property investing has been banned from working in financial services for eight years. Christine Betty Childs, who was the director of Think Money and Think Money Wealth Through ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... "Australia has a large, well capitalised finance sector and extremely large savings pool in the form on $3.3 trillion in superannuation."