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Pensioners could solve skills shortage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... said. The new COVID-19 omicron variant has delayed the reopening of the international border to skilled migrants, working holiday makers and international students. "Even when our borders do reopen, the global war for talent means we will be in fierce ...

Supply chain issues push up retiree expenses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... the past year, automotive fuel prices rose sharply (+24.6%), as did the price of motor vehicles (+6.2%), and domestic holiday travel and accommodation (+3.8%). "It's critical that future retirees are able to build sufficient retirement savings to ensure ...

ASIC sues timeshare company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... classifies timeshare schemes as managed investment schemes and financial products that involve property in the form of holiday accommodation, describing them as "complex" and costly. Further, ASIC alleges that Ultiqa failed to properly train its representatives ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
A former Freedom Insurance director and consultant will head to Federal Court for their alleged involvement in aggressive sales tactics. ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against former Freedom Insurance managing director of Keith Cohen and ...

Aussies confident about retirement spending: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
Amid the uncertainties of COVID-19, Australians are far more confident about their retirement than global counterparts, a new study shows. Most retired Australians said that they would have retired at the same age even if they had known about the events ...

Former adviser banned after super theft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
A former financial adviser that was sentenced to six years' prison in May has now been permanently banned by ASIC. Ross Andrew Hopkins was permanently banned after being convicted of 15 dishonesty offences and misappropriating close to $3 million in ...

Cost of retirement increases

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
According to the latest figures from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) the cost of retiring increased in the June quarter. The ASFA Retirement Standard June quarter 2021 figures indicate that couples aged around 65 living a ...

Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
Despite doomsayers predictions, COVID-19 has not killed off the big Australian high street names in retail - actually, it may have benefited them. Airlie Funds Management portfolio manager and head of research Emma Fisher told Financial Standard that ...

Sydney world's strongest luxury real estate market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
New research from Knight Frank has revealed that Sydney is the hottest market in the world for luxury real estate this year. Knight Frank forecasted how much the prices of luxury real estate are set to rise in cities around the world in 2021 and 2022. ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... Statistics' (ABS): "Employment increased by 115,000 people in May, following the 31,000 fall in April, around the Easter holiday period. Over the past two months, employment increased by around 84,000 people, and was 1% higher in May 2021 than at ...