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Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... around companies that which mislead consumers. It said it would exclude a company which has wrongfully charged fees and is not acting to reimburse customers where practical to do so or "a company which habitually misrepresents the benefits of its products". ...

Retiree dilemma: Supporting children or preserving lifestyle?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... greater comfort with their own finances. "Providing retirees with the financial confidence that their savings will last, will not only help them live life to the fullest, but also give greater clarity with how they can help their kids. This confidence ...

MIESF adjusts insurance premiums

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) will increase total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance premiums by 5.4%, effective July 1. MIESF said that while it has a history of providing good value insurance products at competitive rates ...

HESTA pushes for expediated advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
HESTA has reported a "real shift" in how its members want to engage with their superannuation, leading it to urge the government to release tranche two of the Quality of Advice Review reforms. The $89 billion industry fund noted a strong demand for ...

GSFM and Tribeca part ways after 16 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... fund manager partners, each offering specialized investment strategies across various asset classes. This separation will not impact any of GSFM's existing distribution arrangements with other partners or affect any other businesses or products related ...

APRA warns entities on adequacy of backup systems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
APRA has reminded its regulated entities of the need to remain vigilant when it comes to cyber resilience, identifying the use of data backups as a weak spot. In a letter to all APRA-regulated entities, the regulator highlighted areas of weakness that ...

Australians selling assets over seeking help: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... emotional barriers were holding Australians back from asking for help when they need it. More than half (55%) said they were not aware that they were entitled to ask their bank or lender for financial hardship assistance and just one in five (20%) of ...

Early release of super scammers cop prison time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... superannuation scheme for $103,500. The Brisbane District Court sentenced three women from Queensland, whose identities were not revealed, for submitting several fraudulent applications to access the early release of super during the pandemic by using ...

Freshwater Wealth launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... the new practice aims to be a conduit to clients achieving lifestyle goals but also to identify and reduce problems they may not realise they have through education and proactive advice to help manage common life challenges. "Demand is extremely high ...

ASIC tells super funds to 'step it up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... superannuation funds. Constant said financial reporting of listed companies was falling short of expectations and warned super funds not to run the same risk. "Some of our recent work shows that in some quarters, some listed entities need to lift their ...