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intelliflo announces first head of sales in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... their businesses and make it easier to widen access to financial advice in Australia." Koch added: "Financial advice has never been more important and all our data shows that the pandemic has dramatically accelerated the adoption of technology by both ...

Record number of adviser graduates: Kaplan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Kaplan Professional announced a record number of financial advisers have graduated from postgraduate financial planning qualifications in 2020 and 2021. Over 3000 advisers have graduated from Kaplan's postgraduate financial planning qualifications since ...

Trust in financial services jumps: CFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
While Australian investors are overall less trusting of the financial services industry and financial advisers than global peers, a new survey has found levels of trust to be robust. Data from the CFA Institute Enhancing Investors' Trust study revealed ...

Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... superannuation. In a tweet yesterday Wilson doubled down and said: "This policy isn't just for young Aussies, it's for others who never had a chance." The ACTU was less accommodating to this viewpoint, the union called this housing policy a shameless ...

Packhorse acquires trophy property, opens next raise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... Packhorse's environmentally focussed property play and its unique way of maximising returns would be very appealing. "There has never been a more opportune time to offer investors an asset class that produces returns on so many levels while creating ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... vagaries of short-term political focus, resist the urge to tinker and misuse it for short-term purposes for which it was never designed and do everything to maintain the most precious commodity - public confidence. "By letting super thrive, we will enable ...

75% of Aussies don't understand group cover: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... the study. On the topic of reforms, MLC Life found that about 60% of super fund members - largely younger members - have never heard of the stapling reforms introduced last year, meaning their cover may be at risk. "This poses a potential risk for individuals ...

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $61.4bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world." "Deeply proud of our teams and inspired by the work that has never been more important," Agrawal added. Musk's proposal was unanimously approved by the Twitter board of directors. The innovative ...

Igneo strikes a deal with Elliot Green Power

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
Global investment manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Elliot Green Power (EGP) via its Australian renewables business, Atmos Renewables. The EGP portfolio consisted of the Childers, Susan River ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
From its daily peak, the SP500 index fell 2.61% after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell flagged aggressive rate hikes. At an International Monetary Fund panel discussion, Powell said: "It is appropriate, in my view, to be moving a little more quickly." ...