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Super framework ideal for advice: Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... for everybody, including Centrelink [and] the tax office. Just an exchange of trusted exchange of information would make a big difference," he said. Jones expects Pillar One, which aims to remove red tape and streamline the advice process, is the first ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
After 43 years working in the financial services industry, Leigh Watson feels it's time to step back from full-time work and spend more time with family and friends. Watson left Swiss Re on June 30 after nine years as the head of life & health reinsurance ...

Ag sector boosts Australia's productivity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
A new report from the Productivity Commission finds that the agriculture sector is turbocharging the Australian economy well ahead of other industries, thanks to the favourable weather conditions of recent years. The newly released Productivity Commission ...

Retirees to own 55% of all super come 2032: Rainmaker

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
Within the decade, retirees will own more than half of all superannuation funds under management (FUM), Rainmaker Information forecasts. Last year, super fund members aged 65 or older owned 40% of Australia's $3.3 trillion in superannuation assets. ...

Waypoint REIT cops $27.1m devaluation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
The Waypoint REIT revealed a net reduction in portfolio value of $27.1 million or approximately 1% in ASX filings. Half-year investment portfolio valuations were carried out on 78 properties and directors' valuations on 324 properties which resulted ...

RBA pause short but sweet: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... really important because, while the minimum wage and award wage decision only impacted 20 to 25% of the workforce there is a big signaling effect," she said. With some Australians up for 7% wage increases, others demanded the same and that was reflected ...

Wage increases shouldn't equal rate hikes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
Former Labor MP Stephen Conroy has vetoed the idea that wage increases should drive further hikes and said the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is looking to put the nail in the coffin of the Australian economy. In an interview with Sky News ahead of ...

FAAA celebrates membership renewals, anticipates more

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... financial year marked a critical membership juncture for the association, Abood noted. "The end of the financial year is the first big milestone for membership," she said. "This year it was the critical date for windup of the Association of Financial ...

Cbus informs members of premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
Almost all Cbus members will see their death and TPD premiums drop next month, however most of the fund's older members will pay more. Premiums will rise from August 26, members were told, with the industry fund saying the increase for older members ...

Technology top threat to company culture: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
New and emerging technology is the biggest threat to company culture within financial services firms, more than 60% of senior leaders say. According to a report by Allen & Overy (A&O Consulting), Organisational culture in financial services, 62% of ...