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Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Vanguard has delivered a stark reminder of the resilience of long-term investing with its 22 nd annual Index Chart. Despite major global upheavals, including the COVID-pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Global Financial Crisis, Australian ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
In launching legal proceedings against eToro, the regulator said it's going after the top dog in the contract for difference (CFD) market to send a message to the industry about the importance of the design and distribution obligations (DDO). During ...

Online investor numbers dip as cost-of-living bites

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
The latest Investment Trends' Australian Online Investing Report has cited cost of living pressures as cause for the decline in online investing this year. Based on a survey of 22,324 investors and traders conducted from April to May, found about 1.28 ...

Former director pleads guilty to super misuse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
Mudasir Mohammed Naseeruddin has pleaded guilty to misconduct charges after he encouraged investors to move their super into a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) to lend those funds to his two companies. Naseeruddin admitted guilt to two charges ...

Should wealthy Aussies use super to fund aged care?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
Amid fresh concerns about funding Australia's ageing population, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones has responded to a new issues paper that suggests requiring wealthy Australians to use part of their superannuation for their personal aged care costs. ...

HUB24 unveils new data feeds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... officer Craig Apps said the new features have been designed in collaboration with advisers and offer many benefits, including saving advisers more time by leveraging HUB24's data and technology capability to create efficiencies, increase client engagement ...

Mortgage holders, retailers relax after rate pause

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
Mortgage holders and retailers breathed a resounding sigh of relief when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) steadied the cash rate for the second month in a row. In leaving the base rate at 4.1%, the RBA signalled that its monetary policy strategy ...

Aware Super details new term deposit option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... can benefit from making use of these concessions. There's a very real risk that a significant group of Australians is saving for retirement in part outside the super system, using bank-issued term deposits to do so, and inadvertently missing out ...

Insignia Financial plans advice business transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
The wealth group will consolidate its self-employed licensees under one brand, to be owned by the advisers via a new equity model. It has also confirmed it will divest most of its holding in Godfrey Pembroke and is looking to sell Millennium3. Insignia ...

Aware Super, Challenger partner for DB solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Challenger will provide Aware Super with a $619 million group lifetime annuity policy to de-risk some of its lifetime pension liabilities. Challenger was selected by the fund, saying it is well placed to meet the needs of Aware Super's defined benefit ...