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Life insurance complaints drop 24%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
... misleading information. According to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), the total number of complaints has fallen 24% year on year to 1468, largely due to the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund or Youpla Group for misrepresenting the ...

Renato Mota to leave Insignia Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... client engagement teams would be combined to create a Client Wellbeing division. As at 11am, Insignia's share price had fallen more than 13% following the news, down on yesterday's closing price of $2.34 a share. At 1pm it had rebounded slightly ...

I can only apologise: PwC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... processes and controls to catch that and prevent it. We apologise to you, and we apologise to the people of Australia, that we fallen short of the standards." Senator Barbara Peacock further flagged that PwC has major regulatory gaps, which create regulatory ...

Cost-of-living crisis will persist into future: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... about outliving their savings. "In general, older people's sense of financial resilience and financial security have fallen since the start of the pandemic and the increasing cost-of living has further undermined long-term planning and financial ...

Retail investors ready to dive back in: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... it's their main concern, up 13% on last year, while fears around global political unrest and ongoing pandemics have both fallen by 6%. Other top concerns are cybersecurity (12%), the growing national debt (10%), and Australian tax policy (6%). Interestingly ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... be well resourced to respond, financial advisers are falling behind. In recent months, several major institutions have fallen victim to cyber breaches, most notably NGS Super. According to MinterEllison's 2023 Cyber Risk Report, 82% of survey respondents ...

Inflation falls to 6%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... clarified this implies that the interest rate hikes have largely been ineffective in curbing inflation. "Rather, inflation has fallen as a result of repairs to global supply chains and an easing of import prices," he said. "The Australian economy is ...

Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... commodity prices, fiscal stimulus, if deployed in China, could provide some support in 2023," Smith said. "Energy prices have fallen 45% from their peak in mid-2022 and are likely to fall further. Meanwhile non-energy prices have shown less of a downward ...

GAM investors make partial offer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... subject to execution contingencies, which make it highly unattractive," the group said. Since 2018, GAM's share price has fallen 95% and its assets under management (AUM) have dropped 73%. It has not paid a dividend since 2018 and, according to NewGAMe ...

Super fund satisfaction still poor: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... While super funds' returns might have recovered, member satisfaction certainly hasn't. In fact, a new report shows it's fallen even further. The latest CSBA FEAL Superannuation CX Benchmarking report found 25% of members who had recently engaged with ...