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Aussie neobank partners with crypto exchange

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... absolutely critical in such a dynamic industry as crypto. This partnership demonstrates that we are progressing in the right direction of a financially inclusive future where crypto sits alongside mainstream finance."

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... commenting, Association of Financial Advisers national president Michael Nowak said it was a much-needed move in the right direction. "The financial advisers the AFA represents are dealing with a requirement to sit a compulsory FASEA exam and meet other ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... this is just a short-term solution on the professionalism journey of financial planning and a strong step in the right direction." However, the FPA wants improvements in the tax (financial) advice proposals. Under the bill, the TPB still has the responsibility ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... March 2020. Then again, as Madame Lagarde pointed out, while the Eurozone's economic outlook is heading in the right direction, she's "not suggesting that the pandemic emergency purchase program (PEPP) is going to stop on March 31 [2022]". Lagarde ...

Advisers should service cashed-up investors: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... and competition Sheldon Mills said: "Our evaluation has found the advice and guidance market is moving in the right direction, but still has further to go." "We will play our role to support the market to improve further, in the interest of more consumers. ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... recovery and improve women's workforce participation," she said. Rest said the proposals are a step in the right direction to help Australians - particular younger Australians - build their retirement savings and to make an informed choice about ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... a conversation, particularly if they've got a financial planner. Often their planner can point them in the right direction or offer some tools if they're feeling insecure in that way." MetLife 360Health in Australia late last year after the program ...

How advice can conquer stigma

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... you are going to be thrown in the deep end," he said. "Maybe modularising these areas would be a start in the right direction. "Members want help and in essence that might be something as simple as budgeting or what social services are available. They ...

Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... put undue precedence on the past activities of a company and penalise companies who are in fact moving in the right direction," the strategy's lead portfolio manager Will Baylis said. It will hold about 55 securities and aim to beat the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... (indicating less consumers expect the unemployment to rise over the coming year). Australia's heading in the right direction but there are still domestic challenges ahead. One such challenge is the lead from the surge in the underemployment rate ...