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SMSF investments reach far and wide

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... diversification, self-managed superannuation funds are pushing more retirement funds into assets such as marina berths and indigenous artworks. Latest research from SuperConcepts reveals the big ticket items held within SMSFs. Gold and silver perform ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... 30 June 2017. Of 32,000 life insurance policies sold, ASIC said 1166 were to consumers residing in areas with high indigenous populations that were unlikely to speak English as their first language. A year earlier, ASIC was troubled they didn't know ...

Government introduces financial literacy strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... women to be more confident with money, young people to find the information they need when they need it, and support Indigenous Australians to access appropriate financial products and services," he said. By investing in improving these skills, it will ...

Indigenous Australians face super challenges: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
The Royal Commission heard today of the difficulties indigenous Australians face in engaging with the superannuation system. Introducing the topic of this morning's hearing, counsel assisting Rowena Orr outlined the systemic issues indigenous Australians ...

Royal Commission work impeded: Hayne

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... superannuation industry; its governance; the relationship between trustees, financial advisers and selling practices; indigenous issues; and regulator effectiveness.

Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... to fall again in the 65 and over group. Immigrants from countries other than the main English-speaking countries and Indigenous Australians had considerably lower scores on the financial literacy questions, although language and cultural factors may ...

Leading philanthropic couple honoured

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... WeirAnderson Foundation and International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) for the IWDA Communications Strategy Indigenous Philanthropy Award: Australian Communities Foundation and Woor-Dungin for the Criminal Record Discrimination Project International ...

Super under microscope at Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... focus on superannuation fund governance; the relationship between trustees, financial advisers and selling practices; indigenous issues; and regulator effectiveness. At the most recent Royal Commission public hearings, Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena ...

Super funds countdown to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... that the next round will focus on the broader superannuation industry, but will delve further into the difficulties Indigenous people face when it comes to understanding and accessing superannuation. It will also look at identification issues, conditions ...

Royal Commission cracks down on life insurance phone sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... selling policies over the phone at the expense of the most vulnerable customers living in remote communities. ASIC Indigenous Outreach Program senior policy analyst Nathan Boyle highlighted the rampant practice of signing up customers by being forced ...