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Pendal, Perpetual in acquisition talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... discussions follow Perpetual's attempts in April to acquire Pendal, offering one Perpetual share for every 7.5 Pendal shares plus $1.67 cash for each - or $6.23 per share. Pendal's share price fell following the announcement, dropping the indicative ...

Aussies don't need so much in retirement savings: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... $745,000 in savings. Meanwhile, for couples, a fortnightly spend of $1846 ($48,000) will require $111,000 in joint savings plus Age Pension, while those wanting to spend $2462 ($64,000) will need $402,000 and couples wanting to spend big - $3115 ($81,000) ...

Australian Retirement Trust records -0.96% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... "As a profit-for-members fund, our investment team has remained focused on delivering the best outcomes for our two million-plus members in this tough market environment," Patrick said. ART saw its worst return in its balanced indexed option, coming ...

Natalie Cameron named AFCA lead ombudsman

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... finance is a key national role. Palpably, the lead ombudsman for baking and finance receives more than half of the 70,000-plus complaints AFCA registers annually from this sector. "Natalie will have the opportunity to influence practice by working with ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... purchasing a home up to the value of $1.5 million given the option of paying stamp duty or a small, annual property tax of $400 plus 0.3% of the land value. Stamp duty will add two years saving time to residents earning the median income and saving 15% ...

Former adviser wins appeal, convictions quashed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... successfully argued there was a miscarriage of justice. Ben Jayaweera was a financial adviser and director of now-defunct Growth Plus Financial Group, based in Queensland. In 2019 he was found guilty of six charges of dishonestly causing detriment to ...

Talaria appoints sales director

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... of managing risk and delivering returns to investors. "Talaria's bottom-up research focus, combined with its 16-year-plus track record of delivering consistent income with relatively low market risk and low volatility, has never been more important ...

Carbon transition and MBFID: Is it possible to meet both?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
About 70% of delegates to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' ASI Conference would still acquire new fossil-fuel based assets for the purpose of transitioning them - but is it in members' best financial interests? Polled during a panel ...

Australian firms spend 3.6bn on financial crimes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... 80% of this. The average annual cost of compliance per financial institution is highest for mid to large banks ($10 billion plus in asset size.) Japanese banks spend the most per annum ($28.5M) followed by those in Australia, China and India. The report ...

Colonial reveals Australia's huge untapped workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... profound effect on retirement plans," the report said. "This has implications for more than one million Australians aged 45-plus who may be rethinking how they want to live the second half of their life - but also for the broader economy as Australia ...