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ANZ told to pay $25m for 20-year failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... Court said. Seven cases remain in front of the courts, including those against ACBF Funeral Plans and Youpla Group and Freedom Insurance.

Colonial First State introduces new platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... learning content. "At CFS, we believe that quality financial advice is vital to helping Australians achieve financial freedom in retirement, and we are committed to building a stronger and more sustainable advice industry," CFS group executive, distribution ...

Advised Aussies better off on all fronts: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... financial decision making (37%), improved money management (33%), greater financial control (28%) and improved financial freedom (27%). "Australians with an active relationship with a financial planner are better off in multiple ways. They suffer less ...

Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... decide whether it will stand for transparency and integrity in compulsory superannuation. Separately, Bragg wrote to the Freedom of Information coordinator, seeking access to information on how super funds were chosen to attend the government's Jobs ...

ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
ASIC has so far secured more than $102 million in remediation for Freedom Insurance customers and is urging anyone else who purchased life cover through the now-defunct insurer to come forward. Freedom Insurance went out of business after ASIC's review ...

Females, millennials lead the way in SMSFs: Class

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... flexibility." She added that the report sends a positive message that women are taking action to create more financial freedom for themselves and looking for ways to get ahead. "It's great to see the rise in concessional and non-concessional contributions ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... internal and external governance processes. Yet Hill - who manages around $60 billion on behalf of the state - has more freedom than super funds as QIC is not subject to the Your Super, Your Future regime. She says the QIC governance regime allows the ...

Morrison & Co buys stake in Lyntia Networks

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... investment portfolio in digital infrastructure, managing investments in businesses such as Vodafone New Zealand, Fore Freedom in the Netherlands, Kao Data in the UK, CDC Data Centres and Amplitel towers in Australia. It is currently progressing the acquisition ...

Colonial reveals Australia's huge untapped workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... concept of retirement." "It is at this point where we have the greatest opportunity to help Australians achieve financial freedom so they can pursue the lifestyle they want and live a life full of purpose in their later years." She concluded that older ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... belt and road initiative. Undoubtedly liberal democracy is in retreat, Grant emphasised this point showing that the World Freedom House, which measures the health of global democracies has accounted for a decline for 15 straight years. Though despite ...