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Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
The super industry has welcomed the Prime Minister's re-election promise that a Coalition government will lift the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% as legislated. The Prime Minister has said he "stands by" the currently legislated 12% increase and ...

AZ NGA recruits chief operating officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... Countplus since 2018 but will join AZ NGA as its chief operating officer in early 2022. In doing so, he will replace Paul Brain who recently took on additional responsibilities in M&A, legal, banking and treasury. Reporting directly to chief executive ...

LIC appoints former Wallaby as director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... Diversa. Currently, Poidevin serves as a non-executive director at ASX-listed Stealth Global Holdings and is president of Total Brain, a mental health and awareness platform. WAM chair Geoff Wilson welcomed Poidevin, saying that he is highly experienced ...

Honan acquires Modern Risk Solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Honan Insurance Group has acquired Modern Risk Solutions, an insurance and risk advisory specialist focused on emerging tech, startup and life sciences. The acquisition sees Modern Risk continue operating as a discrete entity, to be referred to as Modern ...

Baby Boomers cashing in on meme stocks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
According to analysis from Openmarkets Group, on average Baby Boomers and Generation X are making money on meme stocks, while Millennials are losing money. The analysis covered 11 "meme stocks" (stocks whose share prices skyrocketed due to social media ...

Office workers burnt out: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... irritability and anger, sleep disturbances, lack of motivation or passion, lack of concentration (including memory loss or brain fog), withdrawal from others, emotional fragility and physical symptoms like headaches, nausea, and low libido. The World ...

Investors lose in viral stock picks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
According to new analysis, stock picks which became popular on Facebook, Reddit and Twitter were almost guaranteed to see investors lose money. OpenMarkets Group (OMG) looked at trending stocks across Facebook, Reddit and Twitter - particularly those ...

Reality TV star joins advice fintech

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
The former head of growth and partnerships at Count Financial, who is currently starring in a reality television series, has joined a financial advice technology provider. Joey McCann has joined PADUA Financial Group as head of advice sales. Previously ...

Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
The US dollar weakened, so too did the yield on 10-year US Treasuries while the equity market's benchmark indices closed on the up and up as inflation expectations in Uncle Sam's county eased, calming concerns that the US Federal Reserve would ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide today. Corporate boards should be the chief executive's "strap-on brain", Cosgrove said. "You're like a nurse attending a needy patient, you're not necessarily intervening all the time ...