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Court finds CFD issuers engaged in 'unconscionable conduct'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... customers that its interests were aligned with that of its customers. However, the court found that most customers lost money in up to 95% to 99% of cases. EuropeFX and TradeFred took the opposite position to customer trades, meaning that they profited ...

Macquarie AM puts money in Aussie real estate investment firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Macquarie Asset Management's Real Estate division (MAM RE) has invested in IDA - an Australian specialist real estate private credit and investment manager - via its Macquarie Real Estate Partners (MREP) fund. Under the deal, IDA founding partners ...

Cost-of-living worries drain retirement confidence: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... quarters believe they need to save more for retirement. One-in-two Australians contributing to their super said saving enough money for retirement was a major financial concern. On the bright side, confidence was higher among retirees drawing down on ...

FX expert jumps from Insight to HSBC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... multi-asset and fixed-income capabilities with investors, asset consultants and analysts. Ereira has had 25 years of experience in money and foreign exchange markets. Before joining Insight, he founded Cerca FX Consulting, where he spent two years advising ...

RBA to meet for final 2024 rate decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... credit stress improved, shoring up the finances of struggling households," illion head of modelling Barrett Hasseldine said. "Money has gone to the areas consumers need the most, which is great news for most families, and good news for Australia's fight ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... high-risk tolerance compared to fewer than one in five Gen X Australians. The report noted that attitudes to making and managing money vary between generations, with younger people desiring quick financial gains compared to older Australians. Gen Y and ...

Superannuation tax shakeup proposed by Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... retirement phase, create complexity and cost due to the necessity for separate accounts and convoluted processes for transferring money between them, and contribute to inequity by providing larger tax concessions to wealthy members, the paper said. The ...

Settlement reached in Caddick class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... to consider. We don't anticipate any difficulties in that respect." Chapman said given the difficulties in receiving any money back from a Ponzi scheme, those involved in the action are very pleased. "It is an amazing result from a Ponzi scheme, and ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... exist or if they would consider one - even if they have been together for decades. "The reality is that we know finance and money problems are one of the key reasons people get divorced - it's always in the top three. As advisers, we don't want ...

Objective of super enshrined in law

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... reflects Australians' understanding of super. "Ask everyday Australians what super is for, and they'll tell you it's their money for retirement," she said. "The 'Objective of Super' legislation reflects that clear and compelling purpose in ironclad law. ...