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Impact of debt on retiree confidence a mixed bag

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... has found that fewer than one in 10 Australians expect they will have enough savings for retirement, and one in three are not confident that their nest egg will provide for an adequate lifestyle. A key finding of the study was that one in nine expect ...

UK to overhaul advice affordability, access

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... Afolami said the gap between holistic financial advice that is unaffordable for many, and guidance that is free to access but not personal to the consumer, is simply too vast. "This so-called 'advice gap' is excluding people with modest investments ...

Federal Court approves BT Super $30m settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... related entity, WLIS, was inversely related to the Income Rates earned on behalf of members of the Funds". Therefore, BTFM "did not appropriately manage the conflict of interest" and could have sought alternative investment strategies that offer higher ...

Local housing market to reach inflection point: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... However, it's unlikely there will be a significant increase in housing activity until interest rates decrease, which NAB said is not expected until the second half of next year. Also in the new year, NAB expects to see a focused effort on delivering ...

SMSF Association blasts 'highly questionable' ASFA research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... personal tax return data to extrapolate the number of farming properties that which may be impacted by this proposed law is not valid," Burgess said. "ATO income tax return data has limited application for substantive data analysis due to the way the ...

Betashares launches 'industry first' bond funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
Betashares has launched four funds on the ASX, offering geared long and short exposure to Australian government bonds and 10-year US Treasuries. The new offerings include the Betashares Geared Long Australian Government Bond Fund (ASX: GGAB), designed ...

FSCP serves up registration prohibition order

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... registration for a certain period were "interesting, simply because it walks and quacks a lot like a ban". "It is technically though, not a ban," he said, pointing to ss 920A & 920B Corporations Act 2001 which gives ASIC more extensive banning orders. ...

Fidelity retirement specialist exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... solutions to meet the current and future needs of wholesale and institutional clients in Australia. At this time, Fidelity will not be recruiting for a replacement. It is understood that Dinham - a hugely popular commentator on retirement - is keen to ...

APRA flags premium volatility in superannuation group life insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
APRA has lifted the lid on the key sustainability challenges of group life insurance in superannuation, notably premium volatility and data availability. At the end of 2022, APRA conducted a survey involving RSE licensees, life insurers, and reinsurers ...

GSFM to distribute Access Capital Partners offering to HNWs

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... high calibre investment managers in Australia and overseas, to deliver differentiated, quality investment strategies that are not widely available to investors in the Australian market," McIntyre said. "The addition of ACP to our existing fund manager ...