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Qantas Super urges women take control of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
Women continue to lag behind men significantly when it comes to being prepared for retirement, new research shows. The Qantas Super CSBA Retirement Confidence Index asked people to rate their confidence in having enough money to retire comfortably out ...

Liquidation likely for Halifax

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
Halifax administrators updated investors on the future of the beleaguered online stockbroking firm, with signs pointing to liquidation. The firm - whose AFSL was suspended shortly after it went into voluntary administration in November 2018 - was found ...

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
The share of financial advisers using ETFs for their clients has increased last year, according to the latest BetaShares Investment Trends ETF report. About 47% of advisers used ETFs in 2017, the report shows. This number has since grown to 53%. A further ...

Advisers to return US$125m in fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
Financial advisers in the US are set to return about US$125m million to retail customers after a regulatory clampdown on inadequate fee disclosures last year. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged 79 people, including well-known names such ...

Influential women in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
As private equity enjoys some of its best years, women are moving into some of the most influential roles in the sector in Australia. The five years to 2018 were some of the strongest years for the industry with $2.5 trillion in disclosed buyout deal ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Industry groups for women help narrow the gender gap in senior management by providing executive education scholarships for women in finance and superannuation. On Wednesday, Women in Super announced its 2019 scholarship program in partnership with ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Could it be? Could it be that Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans has just gotten one up on me? Nah Virginia, me don't want to "kill Bill", we economists may not see eye to eye but we stick together. More so that Bill's come around to my ...

Ideas give insight to opportunity: Vanguard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
A recession might happen, eventually. But if it does growth might not be far off either, according to Vanguard. Speaking today at the Sydney leg of the fund manager's financial adviser roadshow, Vanguard global chief economist and global head of investment ...

Former Macquarie advisers have bans reduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Two former Macquarie financial advisers that were banned for 10 years for falsifying client records have had their penalties substantially reduced by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Mark Alexander Landau and Marcus Roderick Campbell were banned ...

NAB chief executive and chair exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn and chair Ken Henry announced they will exit the bank. Thorburn's last day is on 28 February 2019, while Henry will retire from the board once a permanent chief executive is appointed. Philip ...