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Key advice executive leaves Aware Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... Super and play such a hands-on role in ensuring our members can access the advice and guidance services they need to prepare for and enjoy their best possible retirement." "It's been a privilege to redefine how advice can be offered and delivered ...

How super funds could better support members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... retirement feel financially ready with 34% feeling unprepared. A further 32% of pre-retirees had yet to take steps to prepare for life after work and 38% were concerned they would not have sufficient funds to either cover basic costs or maintain a comfortable ...

Members' attitude, behaviour key to better engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... advice, retirement planning seminars and effective projection and modelling tools would be the most helpful services to prepare for retirement. "These new insights reveal how much more opportunity exists to better engage with members and support them ...

Budget 2024: $20k instant asset write-off extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... million small businesses and investing $625 million to help farmers and rural communities reduce emissions and better prepare for climate change and drought." The extension of the measure is expected to cost the government $290 million. An additional ...

Inflation spooks retirees more than healthcare costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... contributions can have a positive impact on retirement, as the value of those contributions compounds over time," he said. To prepare for retirement, 34% of members make extra super contributions; 38% are paying off home loans; and 46% are reducing their ...

Financial advice exodus has 'bottomed out': ClearView

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... is well positioned to support double-digit underlying NPAT growth. It said it was "future proofing" the business to prepare for regulatory changes and a new cohort of financial advisers that are engaging customers by social media, podcasts, and digital ...

Fund managers prepare for harsher penalties

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
Fines for alternative fund managers for breaking regulations are expected to rise, according to new research commissioned by Ocorian. The international study among fund managers at private equity, venture capital and real estate firms revealed 79% were ...

BlackRock to cull 3% of global workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... environment," chief executive Larry Fink and president Rob Kapito announced in a memo sent to staff on January 9. "As we prepare for 2024 and this very exciting but distinctly different landscape, businesses across the firm have developed plans to reallocate ...

ASX calls time on mFund settlement service

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... the next two and a half years. This gradual approach aims to allow issuers, brokers, and registries ample time to prepare for a seamless transition for investors. Meanwhile, an operational industry working group will be established to determine the most ...

Aussies value super but remain unprepared: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... are able to provide to their members is a great step forward and will be an important tool to help members plan and prepare for retirement," he said. "Financial advice needs exist on a continuum and expanding the scope of advice in super will better ...