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Pinnacle distribution director in new role

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... as a director, distribution on the retail side. Prior to that, he was managing partner and head of Australia at Pacific Century Group-backed alternative investment firm Altive, as well as holding several roles over a 13-year tenure at Macquarie Group. ...

Pay gap bill passes, effective next year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... working for free from 3.56 pm in a nine-to-five workday," she said. "There's no place for this inequity in twenty-first century Australia but it will persist if we don't keep talking about it if we don't keep railing against it, and critically ...

Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... they're ageing requires much more bespoke advice," he said. He said the modern pension system itself is derived from 20th century three-stage life but within this world, the population will need to start thinking in different ways and shift money ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... It's commonly accepted that the first mention of menopause, or at least its symptoms, came from Aristotle in the fourth century BC, however it wasn't until 1831 that a French physician coined the term. If you think about how long this took, it's ...

Women take the lead in private wealth: KPMG

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... we're seeing the transition of wealth from the baby boomer generation on to the next generation, as opposed to say, a century ago, when the wealth would have all gone to the eldest male, we're now seeing it being inherited equally," Langsford ...

The self-funded retiree is a misnomer: Institute

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... equate to more than the total cost of the NDIS ($35.5bn), with the cost rising to 2% of GDP, up 0.5% since the turn of the century. "Super tax concessions now rank in the top three expenditure programs in Budget 2022-2023, costing more than the NDIS ...

Advising an ageing population

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... well, we need people to work longer'," he said. This changes the parameters of a three-stage life, established in the 20th century, Scott said. "Education, work, and retirement, and it worked very well for life expectancies at around 70," he said. "But ...

American Century appoints local distribution heads

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
... Alastair McKibbin will take on the newly created role of head of Australian wholesale business. Having worked for American Century Investments for over three years, McKibbin will relocate to Sydney from New York where he was vice president, global strategic ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... ensure individuals can live with dignity after their working years is a core sustainability issue for society in the 21st century," it said. "Success will require a concerted effort from policymakers, employers, the financial services industry and individuals." ...

Investors Mutual, Vaughan Nelson partner

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... conflicts that are developing the movement in supply chains - the demographic challenges that have not existed in the last century; all these imbalances get worked off. Meanwhile, there are pockets of opportunity in every sector in every region, because ...