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RBA to meet for final 2024 rate decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... families, and good news for Australia's fight against inflation. Things could have been different, if debt stayed high and people started spending the money in other ways," illion's September quarter data showed that, overall, Australian householders ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... Gen X Australians. The report noted that attitudes to making and managing money vary between generations, with younger people desiring quick financial gains compared to older Australians. Gen Y and Gen Z are more likely to invest in areas such as cryptocurrencies ...

Superannuation tax shakeup proposed by Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... dignified retirement..." "They [the changes] would leave the system largely unchanged for most retirees and still allow people to make large withdrawals for their immediate needs, for example paying off a mortgage or healthcare," Shaw said.

Platinum, Regal put acquisition talks to bed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... the retail market. And the retail market is one of the best growth markets in all of asset management when you speak to people around the world. So, there are lots of interested parties looking to get into that marketplace and serve Australian investors ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... being faced by many Australians approaching retirement is a lack of simple and affordable financial advice. "Thousands of people every week are calling their superannuation fund, asking some pretty basic questions about how they set themselves up for ...

Permanent disablement claims for mental health explodes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... the rate of mental health condition claims among 30- to 40-year-olds was pronounced enough to lower the average age of people permanently disabled due to mental health by three years. The data showed the average age of Australians "leaving the workforce ...

Equity Trustees completes AET integration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... synergies of $3.5 million per annum are expected from 2H FY25," O'Brien said. "This is an incredible achievement by our people, and I wish to acknowledge the skill and dedication with which they have managed the integration. "When we announced the acquisition ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... they have been together for decades. "The reality is that we know finance and money problems are one of the key reasons people get divorced - it's always in the top three. As advisers, we don't want money to be the reason why clients are getting ...

AMP completes advice licensees sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... Salmon is the executive general manager for group technology and Simone Munro is the executive general manager for group people and brand. John Carnevale is Entireti's executive general manager for investment services. Matt Brown has been leading ...

'But for' compensation methodology unfair: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... deposits, referred them to financial planners who invested the money in high-growth portfolios, and then lost their money. Many people would agree that if the client remained in the term deposit, the money would not have been lost, he said, adding that ...