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Treasury releases Quality of Advice Review final report

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... quickly improve consumer outcomes. They will also enable financial advisers and planners to provide advice more quickly and lower the costs involved in doing so." Meantime, Insignia Financial chief executive Renato Mota said: "In our experience, many ...

RBA cash rate hike forecast by economists

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... first meeting of 2023, and possibly again thereafter. However, Solomon is confident that the terminal rate will be much lower than in the US. The Federal Reserve will pause somewhere around 5%, he said. Meanwhile, UBS expects the RBA to hike the cash ...

Macquarie profits boosted by commodities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... commodities including gas and power contributions across all regions in commodities and global markets (CGM) partially offset by a lower level of realisations and lower fee and commission income in Macquarie Capital," it highlighted. It added that CGM ...

Mercer proposes superannuation tax overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Mercer has called for a fairer superannuation tax system, particularly for lower-income earners and women in its pre-budget submission. Mercer's proposed changes aim to improve the fairness of the super tax system, which currently has an inherent bias ...

All financial advice should be tax deductible: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... afford it. "Increasing the accessibility and affordability of financial advice for all Australians, particularly for those on lower incomes, will provide for a more financially competent community, with Australians becoming more financially literate ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... shares are due for a lengthy period of outperformance," he said. Consistent with this, Australian shares are trading on a lower forward price to earnings multiple of 14.5 times than global shares on 15.3 times and US shares on 17.1 times. On monetary ...

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... middle-income working women and are therefore less likely to be able to save outside their super and are more likely to have lower account balances when they retire compared to their male counterparts. HESTA stressed one way to close the gender super ...

ISA renews calls for super to be paid with wages

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... an opportunity to end the huge super rip off undermining the future economic security of many young women and others on lower incomes." ISA reported that in 2019-20, one million women missed out on $1.3 billion, with a total of $10.8 billion lost over ...

Aware Super's Intermodal Terminal Company to build $400m terminal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... asset will introduce into the nation's supply chain network." Further, the terminal will bring significant benefits such as lower carbon emissions and air pollution, reduced traffic congestion, and improved road safety, he added. SIT will process over ...

Australians lack confidence in retirement: SSGA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... Australians had the least confidence. Further, women were also less likely to feel financially prepared for retirement and have lower confidence in their ability to retire when they want. SSGA's report found that inflation was the primary concern ...