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Most advisers satisfied with success: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... Practices in this bucket must decide if they want to stay small and lean, or opt for a lower EBIT for a period, invest in people and systems to jump over the $1 million hurdle. Practices with a turnover of more than $1 million had an average EBIT of ...

More Aussies anticipate renting in retirement: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... needs and preferences can vary widely, the one consistent factor is the role superannuation plays or will play in most people's retirement." The research also highlighted the impact of planning and access to a financial adviser on retirement confidence. ...

Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... "Unfortunately, a generation of younger Australians have become the collateral damage to rising property prices. Many younger people who can't rely on parental wealth or an inheritance have been effectively locked out of the property market, without ...

Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has confirmed the departure of chief people officer Helen Jackson, who will leave at the end of the financial year. The superannuation fund's business partnering lead Kylie Robinson will step into the role in an ...

APRA updates industry on operational resilience guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... becoming increasingly important in the digital financial age. "Disruptions to financial services can have a major impact on people who rely on them to save, spend, recover from financial loss or support themselves in retirement," he said. "CPS 230 is ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... Schubert said. "These groups use click-bait style social media posts, cold calls and high-pressure sales tactics to convince people to change super funds. Super fund members are then charged a massive advice fee and plonked into a poorer performing super ...

AustralianSuper bears brunt of complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... complaints on a monthly average basis submitted to AFCA compared to the last six months of 2023. "The fund now has a team of people dedicated to the delivery of end-to-end complaint management services, and this is providing a very strong foundation ...

Super leaders take out King's Birthday honours

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... chair Greg Combet was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia in the general division for "distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Australia, and to the banking and superannuation industries." Finally, Sputore, a former president of the ...

CSLR makes inaugural payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... CSLR provides up to $150,000 in compensation to eligible consumers. "It is important to note that the vast majority of people in the financial services industry act ethically and in the best interests of their clients," Berry said. "The CSLR is a genuine ...

Super tax concessions cost $54.5bn in lost revenue: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... concessions, the research found. The share of Australian workers with a super fund above $1 million is just 2.5%, but those people made 20.1% of all personal super contributions in 2020-21. Removing the tax concession for both super contributions and ...