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Salary inflation becoming S issue for ESG managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... both. Quality of management - if your company isn't one that cares about health and safety and staff engagement, it's not a good quality sign, but it will also impact earnings sustainability." IML head of ESG Tim Wood pointed to sites like Glassdoor ...

Australians are unprepared for retirement: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... are making an active decision about the end of their career. "Most of us put lots of energy into building our careers, but not necessarily the inevitable wind-down phase of our working life," Dinham said. "This is particularly surprising because most ...

Mixed outlook for paraplanning: Study

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... As such, the survey said that without addressing the entire advice process, removal of the obligation to provide an SoA is not going to significantly improve the cost metrics. "One could argue that once the obligation to provide a client with an SoA ...

Government to close child sex abuser loophole in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... to ensure that convicted child sex offenders cannot use superannuation - which was set up for retirement income purposes; not to shield criminals' assets - so to ensure that we close the loopholes so any of these out of character contributions can ...

Spaceship reduces headcount, reorganises executive team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... reduce costs, but the strategy and core business remain unchanged. It also said there would be no impact on products. "This is not a decision we imagined would be ahead of us when making hiring decisions. We are deeply grateful for everything these team ...

Paraplanners happy to stay put: Survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... financial advice. They are instrumental in providing product research and strategy modelling options for the financial planner, not to mention producing the full financial plan and ensuring it meets the client's goals, objectives, and financial needs." ...

Treasury working on QAR, super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... industry can expect the release of the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) final report, while also confirming the government has not scrapped super tax concessions. A spokesperson for minister for financial services Stephen Jones said the final report from ...

Pre-retirees want, need financial advice: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... driver of a positive emotional experience at retirement is a sense of control in the decision. While financial matters are not the only factor to take into account, there is no doubt that they have an important role to play in ensuring a feeling of control. ...

Australia likely to avoid recession: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... falling property prices) along with weaker global growth, will see Australian growth slow to around 1.5% this year. "2022 was not so good and economic growth will slow sharply this year thanks to rate hikes and cost of living pressures (with a high risk ...

From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... Abernethy highlighted the robust fundamentals of the company. "We deliver most of our earnings from percentage-based fees, not performance-based fees, so the stability of our earnings is very strong. The fees were charging are at or below market in every ...