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RI Toowoomba eyes regional market

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... also has presence in Brisbane. It has grown organically in Gladstone and on the Sunshine Coast thanks to the number of people choosing to retire there. The firm's advisers undertake a lot of travelling to reach their clients that live in areas such ...

Super's board requirements are sound: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... schemes globally. It's used because it works," she said. "Calls for this model to be overhauled - renewed by a handful of people last week - are not new. "Yet, for over 30 years, the model has delivered superior returns for millions of fund members. ...

SEC seeks to shut down $450m Ponzi scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... settlement could see the transfer of misappropriated funds to her. "Drive Planning and Burkhalter gained the trust of everyday people and encouraged them to invest in this scheme by promising exorbitant returns, but as our complaint alleges, the defendants' ...

AIA bolsters executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... team to drive excellence for our valued customers and partners," she said. "I'm also looking forward to supporting our people, whose unwavering sense of purpose resonates deeply." This comes after AIA also added a head of wellbeing to the executive team ...

Cost cutting returns Bravura to profit

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... FY25. Bravura made "good progress on resetting the business, right sizing our cost base and focusing on our clients and our people, with the business returning to cash EBITDA profitability performance, ahead of forecasts," Bravura non-executive director ...

Independent MPs call for super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... superannuation earnings exceeding $3 million from 2025-26. The Labor government has said the change would only impact around 80,000 people. The MPs - including Kylea Tink, Kate Chaney, Zoe Daniel, Helen Haines, Monique Ryan, Sophie Scamps, Allegra Spender ...

Australia's safety nets 'stretched too thin': CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... now more than ever," CALI chief executive Christine Cupitt said. "Australia's safety nets are stretched far too thin, and people are increasingly worried about falling through the cracks. Life insurers have a critical role to play to ensure that doesn't ...

CFMEU fallout stokes governance debate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... current model as archaic. More sympathetically, John Myers, the founder of boutique management consultancy firm perple - people performance, says that understanding the needs and wants of a fund's membership is crucial to acting in their best interests. ...

ASFA pushes for tax redistribution to benefit low-income workers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... dignified retirement" for over 1.2 million low-income workers. "... enhancing LISTO offers a powerful widespread impact for people's retirement outcomes," she added. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones told Financial ...

UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... greater scrutiny and competition. FCA executive director of markets and international Sarah Pritchard noted that 16 million people save for their retirement into defined contribution schemes and said the regulator wants to see a focus on "long-term value ...