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Hejaz awards technology mandate to wealth platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... Australia, giving Australia's growing Muslim community more options and more choice as to where and how they invest their money," Jowett said. Meanwhile, Hejaz chief executive Hakan Ozyon said Openmarkets' "innovative trading technology" would broaden ...

Court delays DASS class action settlement approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... in relation to the Masters Residential Property Fund (URF). Victims argued that Dixon financial advisers invested their money in the in-house product by not considering their best interest. Last November, E&P settled the lawsuit for $16 million and was ...

A quarter of advised Australians nervous about retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... growing concerns, with two in three Australians over 60 saying it impacted their confidence that they would have enough money for retirement. Unadvised Australians were more likely to report cost-of-living as having a significant impact to their financial ...

Former adviser slapped with 12 charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... he was the victim of a scam. Valvo said he lost $50,000 through a fake trading platform. His family and friends also lost money from the scam. He told the program that he had been "in the [financial planning] game for 35 years" and if an "influential ...

CSLR kicks off, 2k await compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... they can to make that determination," Berry said. "Once AFCA has made that determination and awarded compensation, if that money is not paid, that's when it will come to us. And we will pretty much stand in for the organisation that either no longer ...

Bitcoin investing is on the rise, but more regulation is needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... considering it to be a scam - down from 14% in 2019 to 6% in 2024. In addition, 69% of Australians consider Bitcoin to be either money, a store of value or an investment asset, up from 63% in 2022. According to research from Caleb & Brown - a crypto ...

Raiding super can worsen housing affordability: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... paper states. Those on lower incomes and therefore lower superannuation balances tend to have a relatively low amount of money for a house deposit. "Indeed, given that the measure would be likely to lead to higher house prices, and thus higher required ...

New SMSF solution for Islamic Australians launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... property over any other asset class because of its physical nature and history of steadily increasing value. However, borrowing money to buy property and paying interest was forbidden (riba) under Islamic finance (Sharia) principles. With the Islamic ...

Australia's wealthiest women not getting the advice they need

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... the next decade as Australia faces the greatest wealth transfer in its history. Not only will Baby Boomer families pass on money, but it is projected that for at least two decades post inheritance women will oversee the family finances as they outlive ...

ASIC's harsh words to directors: 'It's not meant to be easy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... takes an active stance of curiosity and asks the right questions - to understand their business, and how that business makes money. When that happens, you have a good chance of having a business that doesn't just comply - it thrives." Longo said there ...