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ACCC on financial services priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... practice, she added. "FX services are significant to the Australian economy and to the lives of individual Australians who send money overseas, including large numbers of vulnerable Australians," she said. "At the time we conducted the inquiry, we observed ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... provide an additional $1 billion over nine years to strengthen the protection of the Great Barrier Reef, with the bulk of that money going to improving water quality. Improving the health of the Murray-Daring Basin has been allocated $139 million. The ...

Foundation rolls out financial literacy program for students

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
Ecstra Foundation has launched a financial education program for schools, to help Australian students learn key money lessons early on. Ecstra's 'Talk Money' program is available for students from years five to 10, offering classroom workshops delivered ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... bottom, RP Wealth Management principal and wealth adviser Ronald Pratap said this is a positive drawcard for people borrowing money, but an issue for those investing money - particularly retirees. "Retirees tend to be conservative investors. But with ...

Advice firm targets teen financial literacy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JAN 2022
... until the end of January. "There's so much a young person needs to know to succeed in the increasingly complex game of money, and our school education system still fails to prepare our kids for the reality of the economy," Scifo said. "Many of them ...

CFS targets adviser market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... its adviser clients. CFS chief distribution officer Bryce Quirk told Financial Standard that over the next four years the money will be used to transform the business to remain competitive. A large portion of it will be dedicated to its two platforms ...

AMP loses default KiwiSaver mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... Zealand's default retirement savings scheme KiwiSaver works by having a network of default providers which manage client money in balanced funds. Under an overhaul of the default provider scheme aimed at slashing fees and improving returns, the number ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... broader US$4 trillion plus (including US$2.25 trillion in infrastructure spending). For sure and for certain, this deluge of money would lift economic growth higher and higher but it'll also put upward pressure on consumer prices. "But take your ...

Brian Hartzer to release leadership book

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... and error. Hartzer resigned from Westpac after an AUSTRAC investigation found that the bank had failed to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws. "Because of the circumstances of my departure from Westpac - which I touch on briefly ...

Retirement income framework on track: Frydenberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... "broad based" across the industry. It is about ensuring that Australians who have saved during their working lives use this money as effectively as possible during retirement and don't become a burden to the system, she said. A handful of industry ...