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Employees will quit on full return-to-office orders: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
Financial services professionals will threaten to quit if they are forced to go into the office five days a week, a Robert Walters survey finds. The survey based on more than 2000 Australian workers found that nine out of 10 will look for a new job ...

Fidelity confirms active ETFs to launch in coming weeks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
After receiving approval from unitholders to create a new class of units for several of its funds, Fidelity International will launch four active ETFs by June 3. Earlier this month, Financial Standard reported Fidelity's plans to expand its range of ...

Financial services firms concerned about attracting staff

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
The majority of both Australian employers and employees are concerned about their company's ability to attract skilled talent this year, research from Robert Half found. The research suggested what companies are offering fails to meet candidates' expectations. ...

LGT Crestone launches new investment solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
LGT Crestone has launched a tailored investment solution exclusively for its clients, providing access to a select group of idiosyncratic and traditionally hard-to-reach asset classes with low correlation to both traditional and private market investments. ...

Loomis Sayles brings global bond fund to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Loomis Sayles & Company, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has launched its Global Bond Fund for Australian wholesale investors. The fund seeks to provide diversified fixed income opportunities by combining macro themes and a bottom-up approach ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
In the Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers formally announced a raft of measures to support women, many of which were flagged ahead of time. This includes the $925.2 million over five years to provide support for victim-survivors leaving a violent ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Investment and financial advisers are coming together to pressure the federal government more than ever to make the profession more sustainable by being flexible in recognising more degrees, the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) ...

ClearView closes ClearChoice Super Rollover, launches trauma options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... superannuation fund into it. This provides access to life, accidental death, TPD, accidental TPD, income protection, income protection flex, and accidental income protection cover inside the fund. ClearView's ClearChoice Super Rollover is issued by HTFS ...

Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
The Senate Economics Committee has handed down its Interim Report into existing and proposed super for housing policies. Chair of the Senate Economics Committee Senator Andrew Bragg said the Inquiry was recalibrated to assess how policy could improve ...