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Adviser exits fuel salary increases

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
Ongoing uncertainty and a shrinking talent pool is driving significant salary increases for financial advisers. That's according to a recent salary guide from financial services specialist Kaizen Recruitment, saying it's seen substantial increases in ...

Remediation bills revealed amid call for levy freeze extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... new stats come as the Financial Planning Association of Australia calls for an extension to the adviser levy freeze. The figure is the total from ASIC show AMP, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie, NAB and Westpac's respective remediation programs that ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
HESTA has joined calls for superannuation to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave entitlements, saying modelling shows it could see a mother of two retire with $14,000 more in her account. The super fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations ...

US inflation drops to 8.5%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
US inflation has eased to 8.5% from its historic 40-year peak of 9.1%, recorded in June. The drop beat market expectations of 8.7% and comes as a welcome relief for the Biden government. The reason for the fall is a slowdown in rising energy prices. ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... expect 'good times' for the Australian economy over the next 12 months compared to 45% that expect 'bad times' (the highest figure for this indicator for nearly two years). Also, demand for housing has been dropping, as have house prices. "So far in ...

Aussie investment habits improving: Superhero

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... this year's tax return in the stock market. Superhero surveyed 1300 investors who expected to receive a tax return. This figure increases to 59% of female Superhero investors, higher than their male counterparts at 48%. In addition, nearly half (49%) ...

Value investing a likely winner: Maple-Brown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... rhythms. "However, even though the economy is complex, industry participants tend to rely upon a few favourite data points to figure out the future," he said. "The focus of commentators tends to coalesce around the consensus view of an issue, we argue ...

Initial review of RIC strategies underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... more to be done when it comes to tackling underperformance," she said. Finally, Cole also touched on whether APRA has a figure in mind for the ideal number of super funds Australia should have and whether the industry has consolidated sufficiently. While ...

Financial abuse linked to violence: CBA, UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
Commonwealth Bank and the UNSW Generated Violence Research Network (GVRN) partnership commented on findings showing economic and financial abuse is linked to domestic and family violence. Statistics show that one in four women and one in 13 men have ...

Net zero commitments in ASX200 companies doubles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... revealing the underlying number of companies with net zero commitments has almost doubled on last year. Since March 2021, the figure has risen from 49 to 95 showing significant improvement. The report states that two-thirds of the ASX200 has set at least ...