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ASIC scrutinises managed fund marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... marketing its debenture products - which could give consumers a false impression that the debenture products carried as little risk as a mainstream bank term deposit. "ASIC has broadened our managed fund surveillance, as retail and unsophisticated investors ...

Generational home ownership gap widens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... of age, on average. Meanwhile, the average West Australian gets into the property market by around age 27. It comes as little surprise as Millennials are paying close to five times more for a home than Baby Boomers did, Finder said. Supporting this ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... investors and proxy advisors and for the ACCC to actively monitor common ownership in Australia - all the while sharing little evidence to suggest common ownership results in adverse outcomes. Releasing its report today, the committee said it does not ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... archives show AIST and the ASFA were lobbying for a baby bonus to be paid to new mothers. In 2009, the institute suggested as little as $1500 could go some way to addressing the gender super gap. This year, ASFA released research suggesting a baby bonus ...

Direct indexing: The next evolution?

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... thing that is personal and customised leaves us feeling like our needs and interests are being considered, like we have a little more control. However, in the world of financial services, investors don't often receive that same bespoke treatment. ...

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... hiking cycle will be slower, and peak lower, relative to the market expectations and prior hiking cycles. The RBA really has little incentive from what we can see to crush the Aussie economy, with GDP, the unemployment rate and inflation, exactly where ...

KPMG family business consultants launch advisory firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... they deserve," the group said. "Within a large firm, we saw how family businesses can be treated like a transaction, with little investment in a relationship, the very thing that families thrive on, and so do we," partner Michelle De Lucia said. "Our ...

Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... board seat - that control and being central to the business plan of an asset like that, allows us to hopefully unlock that little bit extra value for members," Patrick said. QSuper has its own capital markets desk, doing its own trading in derivatives ...

Budget Direct, NobleOak partner for life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... to supplement their group risk super fund distribution. Coles introduced "new affordable life insurance, starting at as little as $1 a week" including its 'price beat' guarantee, underwritten by MetLife. It ditched the life insurance sector less ...

$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... regime. From 1 July 2022, all employers must pay superannuation guarantee contributions on all earnings, no matter how little each month. The government first announced it would scrap the $450 threshold in last year's federal budget, handed down in May. ...