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Pay gap bill passes, effective next year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
Businesses with 100 employees and over will need to report their gender pay gap from next year, following the passing of an equality bill in federal parliament. The government yesterday passed its Gender Pay Gap Bill which will enable half a million ...

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... cross-industry working group has met three times since its creation. "It's got representatives from AIST, FSC and ASFA, Link and Mercer, and all of the regulators as well," she explained. "It's been an incredibly valuable forum." She said the ...

The four stages of retirement

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
When it comes to retirement, the Demographics Group director and co-founder Simon Kuestenmacher believes there are four very predictable stages for super funds to be aware of. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Melbourne, Kuestenmacher ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... upwardly mobile, they don't press for redistribution of income, and they earn good money. "... There is a demographic link here, they're mostly 18 to 24," Ralph said. "When they talk about super, typically they'll say they don't care ...

AFA, FPA unveil joint roadshow theme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... official theme will be 'Policy, Practice, People - A united pathway for members', and will be the first major event for the group following the merger. The event will travel to 10 cities across Australia and will touch on key changes following the merger ...

Link Group appoints general manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
Meaghan Morberger will become Link Group's new general manager, client partnerships for its local retirement and superannuation solutions business (RSS). Morberger brings over 25 years' experience across superannuation, administration, banking and finance ...

Link Group agrees to sell BCM arm

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Link Group has sold its banking and credit management (BCM) business for cash consideration up to $48 million to Irish firm LC Financial Holdings (LCFH). The transaction is expected to complete in the second half of the year, subject to the Financial ...

Advice group chief fakes exam result, banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
The chief executive of a North Sydney financial advice group is permanently banned by ASIC for faking his Financial Adviser Exam results. In December 2021, Bluepoint Consulting chief executive and co-founder Todd Karamian altered the result on his Financial ...

abrdn loses global chief economist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... in the role for 10 years, first appointed in March 2013. In 2018, he took on the additional responsibility of leading the group's research institute. In a statement to Financial Standard, abrdn said Lawson's decision was due to personal circumstances. ...

TIP Group to acquire advice firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Teaminvest Private Group (TIP) has announced its plan to acquire financial advice firm Enva Group for up to $2.5 million. It explained the boutique financial adviser has approximately $400 million of funds under advice (FUA) and will add strategic value ...