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Millions of Australian's suffering from financial stress: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Financial stress is burdening close to 2.5 million Australians, according to AMP. Releasing its Financial Wellness report this week, AMP said it found two in every five Australian workers faced financial stress during their careers, costing businesses ...

Young Aussies backing world's biggest brands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Young Australians are increasingly investing in the hot international stocks they know and love, latest nabtrade data shows. Latest figures from nabtrade show young traders entered the market in record numbers in 2018, with the number of Gen Z investors ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
A Melbourne bond manager won a $180 million mandate from UniSuper as the super fund increased its allocation to fixed income. UniSuper appointed Jamieson Coote Bonds to manage about $180 million in Australian government bonds in November. The mandate ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... With headlines like these, not only those who have their fingers in the Australian property pie should be scared, us, Australians all, should be. "Australia's housing price drop expected to be the worst in the world" - news.com.au "Australia to see ...

Labor reforms to increase welfare dependency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
Labor's proposed franking credit reforms will substantially impact the income of more than one million Australians, forcing them to seek welfare. In an address yesterday, Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System chair Deborah Ralston said the vast majority ...

AustralianSuper consortium ups bid for Navitas

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
The BGH Consortium, which includes AustralianSuper, has finally unlocked the doors to Navitas after it upped its previously rebuffed bid to acquire the company. The Navitas board yesterday granted exclusive due diligence to the consortium, after it ...

Xinja funds platform for growth

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... restricted banking licence, more products in development, and we have the momentum to become partners with thousands more Australians," he said. Xinja expects this campaign to earn $5 million, having already passed its minimum goal in nine hours. Its ...

Aussies want budget help: MoneySoft

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... any form of advice more than cashflow management and budgeting services. The Link Group-backed MoneySoft provides Australians with the tools to quickly determine their financial situation through its Personal Financial Management Platform, which it said ...

3.5 million Aussies give financial advice to friends and family: Roy Morgan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
Roy Morgan research shows millions of Australians are trusted advisers to their friends and family when it comes to finance and investment decisions. The research shows more than 17% of Australians are asked to advise on the financial matters of their ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... but it would work out in the end." However, Optimum Pensions managing director David Orford disagrees, saying: "Many Australians in their post-retirement phase would have loved to receive an indexed pension to support them in their retirement, rather ...