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AMP Advice expands network

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... the upward trend Lawler said the company is eager to continue sourcing high quality financial advice firms across the country. "We take the opportunity of working with advice practices who see us as the right partner to help them achieve their goals ...

Commonwealth Bank shakes up executive leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... with this team and continuing to executive our ambitious strategy to better serve our customers, the community, and the country." Effective 17 February 2025, Commonwealth Bank's full executive leadership lineup will consist of: Emma Bunnell, chief operations ...

Ontario Teachers', Hines snap up build-to-rent portfolio

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... Australia's population expected to keep growing and more people choosing to rent, there's strong long-term potential in the country's multi-family housing market. "These assets provide us with a strategic entry point into Brisbane and, working alongside ...

Retirement calculators 'can't be counted on': SCA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... Consumers Australia (SCA) has found they often fail to produce reasonable results. The consumer advocate reviewed the country's largest super funds to check whether they had a retirement calculator and assess their usefulness, finding large differences ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... Global ESG Asset Management lead Geri McMahon said while the sustainable finance taxonomies are being developed in each country, the onus on each asset manager would be to define then what sustainable means for them. "A sustainable finance taxonomy establishes ...

Hanson backs Dixon Advisory inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... implications for future matters. "The financial advice profession is made up of thousands of small businesses right across the country, helping Australians achieve their financial goals. We do not have the financial capacity to underwrite the misconduct ...

Remara launches real estate strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... uncertainty, planning, and they will likely meet the projected development return of 20%, given the housing shortages across the country," Remara managing partner Andrew McVeigh said. The fund targets family offices, institutional investors, and SMSFs. ...

China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... retirement age from next year as it looks to stretch a dwindling pension budget further to sustain its ageing population. The country has approved proposals to raise the statutory retirement age gradually over the next 15 years. Individuals will not ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... selected an initial pipeline of 185 projects to potentially deliver more than 13,700 social and affordable homes across the country. The preferred projects under funding round one will support investment of up to $9.2 billion in social and affordable ...

Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... superannuation, and nearly half (47%) of the entire population think "it's going to take a miracle to retire securely." Natixis country head Australia and New Zealand Louise Watson said limited access to financial advice is a factor for many Australians ...