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Debt vulture crackdown welcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... Complaints Authority to be compulsory and for these firms to be licensed by regulators. "We often hear from Australian families wooed by these 'debt vultures' with promises of fixing their credit report, wrangling their debts, and taking away financial ...

Calls for broad default life insurance system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... report said. "To proceed otherwise puts Australia at odds with every other international market - and places Australian families at significant financial and wellbeing risk." The report said it benefits no one if life insurance becomes a product only ...

Superestate eyes property mandates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... was commercial. "If we had 1% going into residential, that's $800 million. That's over 1000 homes supporting Australian families," he said. Brits confirmed he intends to win mandates to manage direct residential property mandates for super funds. "In ...

Nominees await top AFA honours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... ability to demonstrate the value that quality financial advice can play in shaping and protecting the lives of Australian families has never been more important," she said. The nominees for the Excellence in Education award are judged on how they continually ...

Adviser of the Year finalists named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... ability to demonstrate the value that quality financial advice can play in shaping and protecting the lives of Australian families has never been more important," she said. "Their leadership and ideologies can forge a path forward for their peers, as ...

Adviser, Practice of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SATURDAY, 13 OCT 2018
... quality financial advice is available to all and can play a crucial role in shaping and protecting the lives of Australian families. "With reputation and trust a driving factor for the whole industry, Hugh and TWD Australia have been able to lift this ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... Australia chief executive Tim Bailey said: "Inadequate and/or inappropriate life insurance cover could expose Australian families to the serious risk of depleted household budgets, and the erosion of savings accounts and retirement balances. The burden ...

Banks continue campaign to discredit SA bank tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... companies working hard to get the state moving and more than $17 billion in finance to help thousands of South Australian families purchase homes," Elliott wrote. "Businesses will think twice about investing further in South Australia as we don't know ...

MetLife raises bar on group insurance awareness

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... to determine members' level of knowledge behind insurance within their super. Stewart added: "One in five Australian families will be impacted by the death of a parent, or a serious accident or illness resulting in that parent being unable to work. Without ...

Pre-retirees robbing Peter to pay Paul: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... new report the $40 billion industry superannuation fund reveals the growing intergenerational dependency of Australian families, with older working Australians responsible for the majority of financial giving. According to the research, 72% of intergenerational ...