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Cost-of-living worries drain retirement confidence: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... financial adviser (29%). MFS managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand Josh Barton said it is concerning to see how few Australians rely on financial advice to manage their financial affairs. "Whilst it is encouraging to see the government ...

Australia home to 43 billionaires: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... double the rate of increase in male billionaires in the past decade". "For us in Australia, this means that over the next few years, our coverage will reflect the needs of this client segment through a team that will deliver solutions such as sustainable ...

Renewable infrastructure opportunities for HNWIs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... opportunities to capitalise on the energy transition are in private markets. Roberts told FS Private Wealth that there are very few high-quality renewable opportunities on the ASX. "If you are inclined to want to support Australia in the energy transition ...

Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
Orbis Investment is feeling good about its investment in Japanese video game giant Nintendo, believing it's about to defy its historic 'boom-bust' cycle. Speaking to Financial Standard, Orbis Investment head of clients, Australia Eric Marais ...

UniSuper names product head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... Australia's largest open defined benefit fund and traditional accumulation and retirement products. UniSuper is one of the few asset owners that manages defined contribution and defined benefit schemes. The product specialist has over 25 years' ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
New research from Fidelity has outlined the differences between the generations when it comes to investing and risk. The research - which was based on a survey of more than 1000 Australian consumers aged between 18 and 59 - found that financial confidence ...

ANZ chief to retire, external successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... Australia with a track record of successfully adopting different countries," O'Sullivan said. "What attracted us to Nuno was a few aspects. It is the fact that he's got a retail and wholesale banking experience; the fact that he's actually been involved ...

More work to do on reportable situations compliance, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... ensuring they're compliant with the reportable situations regime. Reviewing the compliance arrangements of 14 licensees that had few or no situations reported between October 2021 and June 2024, ASIC found licensees were generally slow to report to ASIC ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.3% in the September quarter 2024 and by 0.8% since September 2023, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The Australian economy grew for the 12th quarter in a row ...

Firms treat CSLR as 'insurance policy': FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... support for the advice profession is growing and that politicians understand what advisers do in a way that they did not a few years ago. "In the conversations with Senator Hanson, there was a lot about the fact that our profession is a profession of ...