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Women's life choices constrained by money stress: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... fact that women over 55 are now the fastest growing group to experience homelessness in Australia. "Another recent Fidelity study of older Australians shows that women continue to feel less engaged with their finances, with only 10% of pre-retiree women ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... fuel extraction operations or have endured drought or survived wildfires drive by climate change." She also cited a 2019 study that found if the pension funds had divested fossil fuel holdings in 2010, CalSTRS would have netted an additional US$5.5 billion ...

Netwealth tops platform ratings

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... functionality offered to financial advisers by 13 leading investment platforms in Australia, the report provides an in-depth study of investment platforms used by Australia's financial advisers and their clients for 2021.

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... growing by 11.6% in 2021 and seeing it described as "the most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows global pension assets in the world's 22 largest markets now sit ...

CFA releases disappointing pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... who have experienced an exam deferral due to the pandemic". "We understand how important it is for candidates to maintain study momentum and to stay on schedule with their exams as far as conditions allow. Our research shows that the longer the gap between ...

RI Advice slapped with $6m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... Advice between May 2013 and June 2016. Doyle and RI Advice were closely examined at the Hayne Royal Commission as a case study in "bad advice".

FPA calls for stronger experience pathway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... in gaining professional status at risk. Some 83% of FPA members have already met or are currently undertaking mandatory study set by the now-defunct FASEA. "These members have let us know in no uncertain terms that they feel the proposal undermines the ...

New study on precious metal hedge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... What precious metals are most desirable for investment? These are the closely linked questions we wanted to explore in this study," Yoon said. The researchers analysed the relationship between the returns of nine precious metals: gold, silver, palladium ...

AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... two subjects credited. Therefore, they would only need to complete the Code of Ethics subject and the Legal Obligations study, the AFA said. There would be different requirements for advisers with more than 10 years' experience and those with more than ...

Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... incentives, appear to have been totally forgotten." For example, Consumer Action Law Centre pointed to the Freedom Insurance case study, in which the company admitted to the Royal Commission that its sales incentives to staff - including commissions ...