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Accessing super cements inequality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... with dwindling financial buffers after accessing savings and superannuation, and increasing debt during the pandemic, the study found. "Opportunities to recoup these losses are likely to be limited, with the recent federal budget predicting continued ...

FASEA approves two degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Institute of Management (AIM) commencing May 2021 also meets FASEA's requirements. "Advisers who complete these courses of study will meet the education standard," FASEA said. FASEA has also approved the following bridging courses offered by AIM: financial ...

Female CFPs more invested in financial planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... increasing the number of women in the financial planning profession," CFP Board chief executive Kevin R. Keller said. "The study confirms that financial planning is a rewarding career opportunity, and that CFP certification is a must-have designation ...

Value of internet search for stock markets revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... adverse information and when information intermediaries are less effective in assisting investor's information processing. The study has been published in the Journal of Financial Economics. Lead researcher Gaoping Zheng, lecturer in finance at RMIT ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... services employees have never been more engaged in their roles since the global pandemic disrupted the workforce, a new study shows. The global workplace study by ADP, a provider of human resource solutions, found that the shift from office-based work ...

Pandemic spurs advice, insurance rethink

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... importance reached new levels during the pandemic and advisers that invest in them proactively will continue to be rewarded." The study found advisers are pivoting their approach to the conditions with more online and phone reviews. El-Khoury said this ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... further into debt by $211 billion in 2020, ranking it the 13 th- most indebted nation in the world based on a long-term study of 50 developed and emerging market countries. On a per person basis, the Australian government owes $40,068. The this is significantly ...

Former Aon Hewitt adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... third-party authorised representatives failed to comply with the Stronger Super reforms. This instance was cited as a case study in the Royal Commission. Under the reforms, a member's accrued default amounts of super were to be transferred to a MySuper ...

WTW head of strategic advisory resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... their stakeholders - members, wider society and the natural environment," she said. WTW's recent Global pension assets study report shows that the US holds the largest amount of pension assets at US$32.6 trillion, followed by Japan (US$3.6tn), the ...

Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
Orders have been made in a case brought against the Commonwealth by a 23-year-old student over climate change risk as it relates to government bonds, as the government attempts to stop the class action. Katta O'Donnell is seeking to hold the Australian ...