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Advising an ageing population

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... we're trying to just raise that retirement age; I think that's going to cause a lot of problems." And a good life isn't just about financial assets either, he noted. "Other advice I would give is, in my experience, the very best financial planners ...

We do get it: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
Michelle Levy has responded to suggestions there's been minimal financial adviser input to the Quality of Advice Review, saying there's a lot more going on behind the scenes than people realise. Speaking on the Financial Standard podcast, Levy ...

Evidence of poor LRBA advice: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... said to be unlikely to pose a material systemic risk to the super or broader financial system at this time. However, this isn't withstanding evidence LRBAs are used in inappropriate ways by some individuals and can be a high risk to their retirement ...

AustralianSuper shakes up executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
AustralianSuper has made some key executive changes as part of a broader reconsideration of executives' accountabilities. Shawn Blackmore has been appointed as the fund's first ever chief officer of retirement. Previously, he was group executive ...

APRA proposes changes to successor fund transfers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... of increased scale, or by transferring them to a better performing fund," Cole said. "The transfer process itself, however, isn't always straight-forward, and that can be exacerbated when a lack of robust planning puts members at risk of a protracted ...

Super funds, sovereign investors back $1bn VC fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... already made 18 investments into startups, including in the AI, manufacturing and e-commerce sectors. "Our investment approach isn't changing, we are still investing at the earliest stages and the majority of our first investments are made before there ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... its pre-mining boom level. But, while slower wages contributed only gradually to adjustments in the real exchange rate, this isn't true of the nominal exchange rate, Kent explained. "The nominal TWI didn't start in earnest until around 18 months after ...

Quantifying the value of a financial adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Russell Investments Value of an Adviser report says many investors are being pressured into sub-optimal investment decisions but having a financial adviser could add more than 4% to total portfolio value. So, even though advice fees have jumped 16% ...

Link seeks to offload Fund Solutions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
Link Group is exploring divestment options for the troubled Link Fund Solutions business, which includes Link Fund Solutions Limited, and has appointed Macquarie Capital and UBS Securities as advisers. As previously reported by Financial Standard, in ...

AMP debuts hybrid retirement solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... and take advantage of superior tax and Centrelink strategies," he said. "Unlike alternative lifetime income products, this isn't a set-and-forget solution that can't be adjusted during a retirement, that will often last decades." Maloney added: "Retirement ...