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New initiative calculates how much Aussies need in retirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... $1538 for a couple. The Super Consumers Australia findings indicate retirees may not need to save as much as the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard, which more closely resembles the high end of the Super Consumers Australia ...

Cbus names deputy chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... workplace relations. Her previous roles include chair of the Worldwide Brewing Alliance, chief executive of the Brewers Association of Australia and New Zealand, director of Alcohol Beverage Advertising Code. She also spent close to a decade as general ...

NZ Super Fund excludes Russian debt, state-owned holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... factors," their statement read. Given the serious nature of the issues, widespread condemnation, and the close association of the companies to the Russian state, exclusion is considered the appropriate course of action, the investors said. The institutions ...

Winner of Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award 2022 announced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has congratulated the first winner of the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award for 2022. Melbourne-based senior advice compliance analyst Danica Lozada of Industry Fund Services has taken home the award. ...

FPA pushes for advice law simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... regulations puts financial advisers at significant risk of breaching the law, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia, which is urging the government to strip out layers of complexity in the latest round of reforms. Citing its submission ...

Super baby bonus could end inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... could address the significant gap between the retirement savings of men and women. According to numbers from the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA), women retire with an average of 23% less super than men. ASFA economic modelling shows that ...

Aussie CFPs move toward 5000

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Planners added 164 professionals to the fold last year, taking the total to nearly 5000. The Financial Planning Association of Australia, which is the certification body for the CFP designation in the country, recorded 4966 members at the end of December ...

LifeBid bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... Financial adviser Katherine Hayes, who is co-founder of Hayes & Co Insurance Services and NSW and ACT director for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), has joined the board. She joins Zurich chief distribution officer Kieran Forde, TAL executive ...

Sudden departure for CountPlus chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... management group after working as its director since October 2016. Rowe is the former chair of the Financial Planning Association of Australia. He was also an Australian representative at the Financial Planning Standards Board in the US, a business banking ...

CSLR will not fully protect investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... stakeholders, who largely voiced concerns that the scheme should expand to all financial services. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), along with 14 other industry bodies, continue to push for expanding the CSLR's jurisdiction ...