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Super fund bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... C-suite and Simon, Adam and I could not be more excited to be working alongside these two amazing leaders as we empower Australians to use their savings to create a fairer, renewables powered future!" Hunter told Financial Standard that Dunlop and Gensler ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... in March. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also recently released its "Job Vacancies" report, telling us, Australians all, to forget asking for a pay increase. Job vacancies fell by 1.1% in the May 2019 quarter after gaining 1.2% each in the ...

Open banking reforms a boon for fintech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... bank. "Westpac is focusing on creating a trusted open banking regime that is secure, flexible and easy to use for all Australians," Twiss said. "The pilot program will lay initial foundations to test the performance, reliability and security of the system ...

Suncorp named Bank of the Year

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... Finance Awards were held in Sydney last night, recognising the best in banking and insurance. The awards aim to help Australians choose reliable financial products. In addition to Bank of the Year, Suncorp also took home Business Bank of the Year. Suncorp ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... managed in accordance with responsible investment principles. Separate RIAA consumer research showed that nine out of 10 Australians expect their superannuation and other investments to be invested responsibly and ethically, which may explain the rapid ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... team and others across the industry to help reshape the financial services industry to better meet the needs of all Australians that rely on us to provide financial peace of mind."

Australians rapidly gaining wealth: Roy Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
The value of assets held by Australians has almost doubled from 2007 to 2019, up 96%. During the same period, debt held by Australians increased by just 78.6% resulting in net wealth now being 98.7% higher in 2019 than it was in 2007. These are the ...

Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... is less customer 'face time'," Faulkner said. "We are seeing a disproportionately high volume of scam attempts on Australians - there were 177,000 scam reports here last year, costing almost half a billion dollars. This compared to around 85,000 scam ...

Advice firm expands to Dubai

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... that Australian expats are able to access compliant and customised financial advice that is specifically designed for Australians in the region," Evans said. Atlas has received "in-principle approval" from the Dubai Financial Services Authority and is ...

Reforms see super fees in flux

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
The PYS package, effective today, has forced the sector to consider changes to fee structures and group insurance premiums. With the package set to cap the amount of fees that can be charged to low-balance members and divert low-balance accounts deemed ...