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Former Brisbane adviser found guilty of fraud again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... after being convicted of fraud in 2019 has once again been found guilty of misleading clients to invest their retirement savings in a single abalone farm that went bust. Former Brisbane financial adviser and director of Growth Plus Financial Group (in ...

CSC launches series of retirement options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
... options. Some of these options include a lifetime annuity which is designed to address the risk of outliving retirement savings. The fund partnered with Challenger to offer these blended solutions which are intended to help provide customers with security ...

Retirees not confident in Age Pension: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
... gains in quality and quantity of life come with an implied financial cost, one that requires retirees to stretch their savings over multi-decade timeframes that will include unpredictable market conditions, such as those experienced recently, and personal ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... entitlements." According to advocacy group The Parenthood, as much as $30,000 could be added to a family's retirement savings per child under the move. ​"The reality is that today in Australia there are so many financial hurdles to having a family ...

Insignia Financial books $185m loss, halts dividends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... the year, saving about $24 million. It hopes to deliver further reductions in FY25, targeting as much as $65 million in savings. The group flagged that achieving this will involve additional redundancy costs of about $35 million. Still, Insignia Financial ...

Cost of 'comfortable retirement' increases again: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... contributions. "For Australians to have the retirement they deserve, it's crucial that they have access to adequate superannuation savings," she said.

Super's board requirements are sound: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... model of profit-to-member funds was created with a "clear and single purpose" to service the fund members whose retirement savings they hold. "They do so by deeply understanding their members and the workplaces in which their members work - they know ...

Losses further sink Lendlease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
... strategy. We have made significant progress towards our target of recycling $2.8 billion of capital in FY25, with further cost savings realised because of our simplified management structure." In May, Lendlease announced it will abandon its global international ...

ASIC project foils scammers' operations

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
... digital platforms like social media, Court believes scammers are constantly evolving as they adaptively land into consumers' savings. "The scams landscape is rapidly evolving. Innovative technology developments may improve how we live and work, however ...

ART appoints chief financial officer, promotes managers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
... team. This is further evidence of the benefits of the merger to ART members and I know our members and their retirement savings are in safe and talented hands." The high-profile Lo is responsible for balance sheet management, which includes securities ...