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Tribel Advisory adopts estate planning solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... creating unintentional financial hardship, stress and, all-too-often, conflict among families and loved ones," Tribel national head of advice Simon Little said. "As accountants and advisers, we can play an important role in helping clients determine ...

Colonial First State hires PE head, farewells sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... distribution, and the seven years before that as a strategic account manager. Before joining CFS in 2007, Walker was the national account manager at Barclays Global Investors and the corporate super specialist for BT Financial Group.

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... to bank balance sheets. To make sure that banks continue to hold enough liquidity, they bought $23.1 billion worth of national general government bonds and $16.0 billion of semi government bonds. "The TFF gave banks access to low-cost funding during ...

Aged care costs begin to worry older Aussies

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... Australians are increasingly seeking financial advice in relation to aged care costs, new research from Challenger and National Seniors Australia shows. According to the study, calculating aged care costs has become a dominant concern for older Australians ...

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... efficacy of existing reproductive leave policies in Australia and overseas with consideration to introducing it in the National Employment Standards. Modelling by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) estimates menopause is costing ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... prospective home-buyers to access some proportion of their accumulated superannuation savings as proposed by the Liberal and National Parties during the 2022 election, and subsequently, will result in residential property prices rising at a faster rate ...

Remara launches real estate strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... interest rates, planning delays, immigration, international student caps and cost pressures of development has led to a national housing shortage, creating the perfect timing for capital investment into the sector," McVeigh said. Remara has some $1.6 ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... forms of leave that the finance sector has led the way on - like paid maternity leave and domestic violence leave," FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said. "It's clear from our members that too many women are struggling to balance the often-hidden ...

China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
For the first time since the 1970s, China will begin "gradually raising" the national retirement age from next year as it looks to stretch a dwindling pension budget further to sustain its ageing population. The country has approved proposals to raise ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... Hayhurst said. "The enduring significance of today's program launch will depend on whether it marks the re-start of a national investment push maintained and expanded in future years. Only then will we start to see a measurable reduction in unmet housing ...