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More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... guidance among young Australians, with 13% aged between 18 and 34 regularly using platforms such as TikTok, Facebook and Instagram as a financial resource, Steele said. "It is important Australians continue to consider their financial decisions, but ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... South Dakota did not join the action. Guam and the District of Columbia did. Namely, the lawsuits call for the sale of Instagram and WhatsApp which Facebook acquired in 2012 and 2014 respectively, saying these acquisitions provided consumers with no ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... early release of super, the scams can be convincing. Rickard recalls one scam which recently went around on Facebook and Instagram. The scammers created a convincing graphic claiming that Coles, Woolworths and Aldi wanted to help people suffering financial ...

Watchdog warns of celebrity-endorsed bitcoin scams

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... "These websites are advertised using fake celebrity endorsements, which appear on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter," the watchdog said. "When an investor clicks on the article or ad, they are often sent to a 'mirror ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... more likely to fall for a scam than their female counterparts. In particular, investment scammers targeted Facebook and Instagram users with promises of "get rich quick" schemes and cryptocurrency scams, the ACCC said. Common techniques used by scammers ...

Grow Super co-founder in alleged betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... since May 2019," the spokesperson said. Social media accounts for StatEdge have been taken down, as have Facebook and Instagram accounts for Grow Super. Wilson has removed any mention of Grow from his LinkedIn profile, though his role as chief executive ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... restless. Humans, after all, are social animals. There's only so much online interaction - Facebook, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram, etc. - can offer. Heck, dating sites are definitely no-go zones lest you be infected and become a "spreader". There's ...

FS Power50 highlights most influential advisers in 2019

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... Wealth's Ben Nash is the most popular on LinkedIn with 15,628 followers. A growing number of advisers on the list now use Instagram too. Zella Wealth's Victoria Devine is the most followed Power50 adviser on Instagram, with a community of 2383. There ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... saying: "We're announcing a ban on praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism on Facebook and Instagram, which we'll start enforcing next week." Facebook went on to claim that they will become faster at removing "hate" content ...

Donations now accepted via Instagram

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
Instagram is set to add a feature that will allow its users to raise money for non-profits they are passionate about. Later this year the social-networking app will roll out a donations sticker for Instagram stories. Stickers are extra elements that ...