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Financial services workers eye earlier retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... the average worker, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals. Men who work in the finance and insurance industries intend to retire at 64 years old while women plan to do so at 64.6 years old. This is below the average of between ...

Industry fund merger postponed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... continues to be in best financial interests of their members, noting progress like the streamlining of investment and insurance offerings. "Extending the completion date enables both funds to focus on a smooth transition for members," Langby and Sherry ...

LGT Crestone launches new investment solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... offer highly diversified multi-strategy and multi-manager exposure aligned to all three of PG3's key investment areas: insurance finance, royalty finance and litigation finance. The fund is designed to leverage the three principal strategies as unique ...

NEOS names retail, strategic sales leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... New South Wales, ACT, Queensland, and Western Australia in June of last year. He brings extensive experience in life insurance and financial advice to the role. Prior to NEOS, Leonard was national manager of operations at Affinia Financial Advisers for ...

Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... experiences." "This, coupled with their award-winning investment performance and innovative product offerings including their insurance and MySuper Lifecycle product, make them a compelling market proposition. "I look forward to shaping the industry's ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... all financial advisers, regardless of their specialty-whether stockbrokers, comprehensive financial advisors, or life insurance specialists. Key areas such as taxation, financial regulation, ethics, and professionalism are necessary for anyone advising ...

Former NSW adviser loses ban appeal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... authorised to provide advice between 17 November 2014 to 30 July 2018. Formerly, Sweeney was the sole director of Sweeney Insurance Services which was authorised from 17 November 2014 to 8 October 2018. Subsequently he was the sole director of Swinsure ...

Budget 2024: Chalmers looks to reset aged care, NDIS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... aged care. In addition, $468.7 million will be spent to support people with disability and get the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) back on track. Of this, as announced previously, $214 million will be spent over two years to fight fraud and ...

ClearView closes ClearChoice Super Rollover, launches trauma options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... new monies as of today. "From 13 May 2024, if the Trustee receives a rollover into ClearChoice Super in excess of the insurance premium, the excess will be transferred to your nominated complying superannuation fund. If you do not nominate a superannuation ...

The unintended consequences of the four-day work week

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... Actuaries Institute 2024 Summit, pointing to several flaws of the 100:80:100 model which some firms operating in finance and insurance have adopted. The movement, founded by Kiwi entrepreneurs Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart as 4 Day Week Global ...