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Zurich launches new TPD option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched a new total and permanent disability (TPD) offering designed specifically to cover ongoing care requirements in the event of a severe accident or illness. The new 'continuous care' option allows for a ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Regulators are zeroing in on anti-greenwashing measures in the asset management sector, as well as tighter regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology, according to a KPMG report. The report said that stopping companies from making ...

Pitcher Partners executives launch advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Three Pitcher Partners executives have set off to launch Viola Private Wealth, an ultra-high-net-worth financial advice firm spearheaded by Charlie Viola. Viola, together with founding partners Sean Ward and Andrew Levi, bought out operational aspects ...

Rapid growth in super sector poses risk to financial stability: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Significant growth of the superannuation sector has set off alarm bells for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). In the RBA's September Financial Stability Review, it said the super sector's growth and connections to Australian banks has increased its ...

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Household wealth rose for the seventh consecutive quarter - rising 1.5% or $250 billion - in June 2024, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Total household wealth was $16.5 trillion in the June quarter, which was 9.3% ($1.4 ...

ATO revises advice fee tax deductibility rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has confirmed financial advice fees for tax-related guidance are deductible where the advice is provided by a Qualified Tax Relevant Provider (QTRP). Releasing a final guidance yesterday, the ATO said: "Fees for ...

HUB24 takes stake in Reach Alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
HUB24 is entering a strategic alliance with Reach Alternatives, taking a minority holding in the private equity platform. Reach Alternatives provides access to institutional-grade private equity funds, curating and structuring them so non-institutional ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
In August, Finder's Consumer Sentiment Tracker recorded the highest level of mortgage stress since it first began tracking in early 2019. More than two in five (42%) homeowners struggled to pay their home loan in August with an estimated 1.4 million ...

Growth of SMSFs, Div 296 opportunity for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
A new report published by the SMSF software provider has revealed growing opportunity for financial advisers and demonstrates the potentially detrimental effect of the proposed Division 296 tax. The 2024 Annual Benchmark Report dives into potential ...

Investment boutique calls time after seven years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Wheelhouse Investment Partners is closing its doors, having decided it's no longer financially sustainable to continue operating its funds. Wheelhouse Investment Partners was founded in May 2017 as a specialist income manager by Alastair MacLeod ...