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AMP revamps Jigsaw Advice Solutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... consulting, professional year support, and money management solutions. In enhancing the offering, AMP has made available aged care and retirement planning modelling tools, as well as cybersecurity support. Advisers can also access a buyer's agent referral ...

Impact of debt on retiree confidence a mixed bag

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... retirement for fear of outliving their savings, particularly with the expectation that they'll need to fund future health and aged care costs," TAL general manager, growth, retirement, and wealth partnerships Ashton Jones said. "They are living frugally ...

Wages growth reaches unsustainable level: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... the Fair Work Commission's decision impacts quite a lot of industries, not just in the public service, not just in aged care or hospitality. So, if you're on an award or an enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA), you were impacted by those decisions ...

Clime IM doubles down on strategy, taps into AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... Simultaneously, the company revealed its engagement with external providers specialising in philanthropy, private equity, and aged care, to bolster its existing private wealth services. In upcoming quarters, Clime forecasts a sustained shift in revenues ...

New advice firm hits Melbourne

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... debt management, investments, superannuation, insurance, asset protection, tax planning, government support benefits, aged care, retirement planning and estate planning. Interestingly, Source Wealth will also specialise in divorce and personal injury ...

Challenger posts record annuity sales

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... CarePlus product achieved its highest quarter of sales since launching in 2015, reflecting the growing opportunity in aged care. Consistent with growing longer duration business, Challenger said retail fixed term annuity sales of two years or more increased ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... Pension varies considerably with the value of the pensioners' assets rather than the amounts they drawdown," he said. Aged care also weighs heavily on retirees' minds for a variety of reasons, ranging from human vulnerability to the incidence of dementia ...

Australia sees modest uptick in HNWIs: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... guidance, HNWIs acknowledged "a need for advice" with inheritance and estate planning, intergenerational advice, and aged care ranking. Praemium said the need for advice in these areas is now at its highest in the three years it has been sponsoring this ...

Cost-of-living crisis will persist into future: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... or over, 59% said they could cut their spending to adjust to the cost-of-living increases. Unknown future health and aged care costs, as well as the added pressure of financially assisting adult children and other family members who are struggling to ...

Ring-fencing super for aged care adds complexity, cost: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
In a submission to the Aged Care Taskforce, which is currently evaluating the fairness and sustainability of aged care funding in Australia, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has voiced strong opposition to ring-fencing superannuation ...