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Millionaires worry about retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... accumulated $1 million or more in investment. Those surveyed reported median retirement savings of $625,000, which equates to 2.5 times the $250,000 median retirement savings of the overall survey population. While an average retirement savings rate ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... to reform the advice framework will reduce the cost of providing advice by almost $2000, allowing people to get advice at times when they need life insurance protection but cannot afford an up-front fee to pay for it. "The recommendations proposed will ...

Nowhere has there been more change than super: Byres

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... Byres said. "This should not automatically be assumed to be a regulatory failure. It may well simply be a natural - if at times uncomfortable - product of having a competitive, efficient, and innovative financial sector that is not completely drowned ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... has patented technology that replaced silver with copper to improve solar panel efficiency. Because copper is "nearly 100 times cheaper than silver and far more abundant, the switch to copper has the potential to improve solar panel uptake by driving ...

Chief executives anticipate recession: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... for the longer term, an indication that business leaders feel well prepared to navigate their companies through turbulent times. Compared to 2019 and 2020, chief executives are better prepared to weather short-term challenges with resiliency measures ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
The blind rush to consolidate that gripped the $3.4 trillion superannuation sector in recent times may be finally over, according to First Super chief executive Bill Watson. Instead of seeing big funds gobbling up smaller rivals, Watson expects more ...

Franking credit crackdown rife with unintended consequences: LICAT

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... asset or applying the funds to the ongoing operations. "Companies are expected to productively utilise their capital at all times and not merely hold cash until such a time as it's distributed to shareholders," LICAT said. Moreover, the process of a ...

Consumer confidence jitters abate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... points) expect to be "worse off." Regarding economic conditions, presently an increasing 9% of Australians expect "good times" for the Australian economy over the next 12 months compared to a third that expect "bad times." Meanwhile future sentiment ...

Managed funds industry records $16bn net flows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... inflow was the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF with $2.4 billion for an increase of 27%. Dyall noted that this was five times the size of net inflows into the unit trust version of this product, the Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund, which had ...

KPMG proposes tax offset, reform to boost gender equality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... "Expecting women to do more of the unpaid work than men is a social norm inherited from a bygone era. It is a relic from the times when men were regarded as the main breadwinners, with women being permitted to do some paid work to bolster household incomes," ...