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AZ Sestante launches digital investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
AZ Sestante has launched its digital investing solution as a means of helping wealth management and advice firms address the growing advice gap. Sestante Invest gives investors access to six investment portfolios managed by AZ Sestante. The portfolios ...

What the QAR should focus on: MLC Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... the cost of advice, I have a real fear that only the wealthiest Australians will be able to afford to see an adviser. That means fewer people will have appropriate life insurance protection for their needs and they will fall through the cracks. Where ...

Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... retiree will still have access to funds in retirement. It can also provide an Age Pension boost due to the concessional means test treatment." He added that after meeting with Generation Life, it became clear both were searching for a retirement product ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure rules "feeblest on the planet": Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... don't enable an investor to compare portfolios, nor can the data be used to understand the true risks of a portfolio. This means the super system operates in a dark void for investors, he said, adding that a consistent finding for the global research ...

UK regulator confirms Consumer Duty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... making it easier for the FCA to identify those that aren't meeting the Duty and take action. "The current economic climate means it's more important than ever that consumers are able to make good financial decisions. The financial services industry needs ...

Super fund for women closes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... of online items to the future value of the money they'd be forfeiting in retirement; "A $100 dress that you buy today means that a future you might be giving up $1000 or more - depending on how far away from retirement you are," its website stated ...

Office for Women combats financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... reduced need for financial hardship services," the guide said. "Preventing financial abuse as an organisational priority means implementing values-based decision-making frameworks that prioritise safety. "By applying these frameworks, your employees ...

Foreign investment fees to double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... the Albanese government deliver its ambitious housing reform agenda. "We will always put Australian interests first. That means ensuring Australians benefit from foreign investment in Australia," Chalmers said. "Tackling housing affordability and helping ...

Inalytics develops new data-driven model

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... to own them," he explained. "Traditional attribution is simply not designed to measure this way of running money, which means manager selection has become a risky pursuit - leaving pension funds and other institutional asset owners without the critical ...

ANZ, Suncorp deal cops industry backlash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... it was a sad to witness a Queensland-based bank swallowed up. "Having all the major banks based in Sydney and Melbourne means that there is a metropolitan perspective that dominates, when it's not really representative of the rest of the country," he ...