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More than 40% of women unprepared for retirement: CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... financially prepared for retirement, according to Colonial First State. That's the key finding from the institution's consumer research, which showed a 13-percentage point gap compared to the 31% of men who feel the same. The research found 25% of women ...

ASIC cracks down on scammers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
The corporate regulator says it has shut down about 3500 investment scam websites since July 2023 to protect Australians from digitally enabled misconduct. According to ASIC's latest enforcement and regulatory update, it has secured almost $60 million ...

Nominations open for 30th annual MAX Awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... - Marketing Financial Education Campaign of the Year Integrated Campaign of the Year Marketing Campaign of the Year - Consumer Marketing Campaign of the Year - Industry Marketing Team of the Year Podcast of the Year Print Campaign of the Year - Consumer ...

Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
Vanguard Super has amassed $1 billion in funds under management in just over 12 months, while delivering the best-performing Lifecycle MySuper option of 2023 and quietly rolling out a retirement offering at half the cost of the incumbents'. Speaking ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Former Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch has been appointed by the Albanese government to lead its Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CLSR). The scheme, which officially kicks off on April 2, aims to give ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... and effort? Nguyen said stricter rules on the banks will mean managing of conflicts of interest and keeping on top of consumer protections. "Banks could face increased customer dissatisfaction and litigation, if the quality and suitability of the advice ...

Five megatrends shaping financial services: McCrindle

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... ethos of the organisations behind it," McCrindle said. "Value, as well as values, are what define the modern Australian consumer." The third trend relates to what McCrindle referred to as the "grandparent economy". "The baby boomers and builder generations ...

Teals will push for super tax indexation: Burgess

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... bring in indexation," he said. Providing input as to the amendment, the association has proposed it be linked to the consumer price index (CPI). "Of course, there are lots of different ways that you could index this CPI, but we've chosen that method ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
An extensive review of processes across superannuation trustees, financial advisers and advice licensees has found very little evidence that consumers are aware of how poorly Choice products they're in are performing, and that such underperformance ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... comprises AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA, Hostplus, Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust, UniSuper and Rest - conducted consumer research and analysed deidentified super fund data and publicly available information. It found that most Australians are ...