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Burgeoning challenges of the advice industry: Padua

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... Financial Services Council (FSC) survey data, the average Statement of Advice (SOA) takes around 20 hours to produce. But, broken down further, the average Record of Advice (ROA) takes approximately two to six hours to complete. A simple SOA takes between ...

Is the wage price spiral narrative a lie?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... consumers, fuelling inflation and creating a cost-of-living crisis in this country." O'Neil said Australia's system is broken and that wage growth could be an engine of economic growth in a country that relies so heavily on domestic consumption.

Mercer appoints sustainable investment leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... research Jo Holden said the firm is committed to supporting top sustainable investing talent. "For decades, Mercer has broken new ground in sustainable investment to ensure we solve for our clients' needs through innovation and deep global insights," ...

SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a disclosure regime for ESG-related funds and advisers that would see funds broken down into three categories of strategies. The proposed changes would see three broad categories for ESG strategies - integration ...

Hume pledges less red tape for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... board," she said. Jones added the Labor Party acknowledges that the advice business model - including risk advice - is broken. If Labor comes into power, he flagged that as a priority for the first 100 days, it will ensure that the model is viable, advisers ...

Cbus, Media Super set merger date

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... TAL. "Overall, for a member that was in the MySuper option and also had death and TPD insurance they would be paying $539, broken down into $439 on their super balance and $100 for their insurance premiums," Rainmaker analysis states. "Post-merger this ...

Australian billionaires double fortunes during pandemic: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... globally, there is a shortage of the courage and imagination needed to break free from the failed, deadly straitjacket of broken economic systems." She said the rapid spread of the Omicron variant had perfectly illustrated the interconnectedness of the ...

RIAA, HESTA back key First Nations project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Businesses and investors including HESTA and Lendlease have launched an initiative that will focus on strengthening Australia's First People's heritage laws. The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) ...

Broken advice industry shuns everyday Aussies: AFA

KARREN VERGARA, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... rich and powerful, an inquiry heard this morning. The Association of Financial Advisers president Michael Nowak said the broken state of the financial advice industry has resulted in two damaging consequences: advisers reaching their breaking point mentally ...

Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... filed by the couple in King County, Washington. They have been married since 1 January 1994. "The marriage is irretrievably broken. We ask the court to dissolve our marriage and find that our marital community ended on the date stated in our separation ...