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Base rate lifts to 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... Innovation Hub Nataliya Ilyushina said financial distress among Australians is escalating. "The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has disclosed that 20.2% of Australians are struggling considerably to manage on their present income, a percentage ...

Industry fund chief steps down

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... Lachlan Baird, who's held the role since 2005 and presided over "considerable change and growth" including mergers with health-based fund HIP and Combined Super, has resigned. Prime Super chair Nigel Alexander lauded Baird's "outstanding contribution," ...

Prosperity merges with accounting firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... testament to Prosperity's culture and business model that Brenden and David chose our firm," he said. Prosperity has serviced health sector professionals, small-to-medium enterprises, non-profits, and high-net-worth families for 35 years. Yantsch commented ...

Future Super acquires GuildSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Future Super Group is ramping up its growth strategy, entering the default super space with the acquisition of GuildSuper. The deal with GuildSuper will see Future Group add about $2.77 billion in funds under management and 99,000 members. This includes ...

MLC Life names operations, people chiefs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
... the life insurer in June 2020 as chief people officer. Prior to MLC Life, she held senior human resources roles at Estia Health, AXA, AMP and Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Hailing from Cbus, Kristin Miller takes the role of chief people officer. ...

Cost-of-living crisis puts young members at risk: Rest

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Rest has reported that rising cost-of-living pressures are harming the mental health and financial future of young members, intensifying pre-existing concerns about retirement. A survey commissioned by the $75 billion industry fund revealed that 73% ...

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... the SMSFs, Mackay Chapman said. "The auditors all provided audit reports that, in effect, gave the SMSFs a clean bill of health. Specifically, all of the audit reports found that the financial reports for the SMSFs were 'free from material misstatement' ...

High-performing firms reveal strategies behind success

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... help advisers focus on servicing clients' needs, a new analysis shows. A study by Macquarie Business Banking and Business Health, which surveyed 312 financial advice practices ranging from aligned groups to self-licensed firms, found how some have thrived ...

AIA restructures retail insurance unit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... dedication to the retail adviser market. The company said it also aims to leverage the increasing demand for high-quality life, health, and wellbeing guidance. Life insurance profits in Australia have surged to $1.2 billion, doubling in the year to June ...

ISPT to offload retail, office properties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... by the divestments will be reinvested into the fund's existing development pipeline, primarily in the industrial and health and life sciences sectors. "The real estate landscape is rapidly evolving, and by divesting tactical assets and re-calibrating ...