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Young women report low financial literacy: NAB

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
Young Australian women are reporting lower financial literacy levels and are at greater risk of financial hardship, according to new NAB research. NAB's Financial hardship survey, revealed the most significant dip in financial literacy is seen in ...

Frontier restructures, promotes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... traditional equities and real assets areas." Speaking on the promotions, Polson said many staffers had grown from entry-level roles. Homegrown talent has been a hallmark of Frontier's business for almost three decades. Also, the asset consultant ...

Small, large entity regulation needs balance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... pressures. It is something that APRA looks at very closely, Lonsdale said, given that its mandate is to ensure that the level of safety regulation is robust. "[We] don't do that without thinking about proportionality and the cost. We're thinking ...

Scarcity Partners brings private equity investment model to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... investment model that enables investors to take direct equity stakes in investment and asset managers at the General Partner level. The Scarcity GP Access Fund, founded by asset management executives, generates returns for investors through a combination ...

Private market deal activity set to persist amid high-rates: Aviva

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Aviva Investors' data showed that in economic downturns illiquidity premia in private debt markets are often compressed, repricing more slowly than public market equivalents; a trend consistent through the most recent spate of interest-rate hikes. The ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock defended the central bank's use of monetary policy and hiking interest rates amid many challenges that looks to keep inflation at stubborn levels over the next two years. Speaking at the ASIC Annual ...

Insignia Financial finds buyer for Millennium3

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
WT Financial Group (WTL) will acquire Millennium3 Financial Services (M3) from Insignia Financial for $2 million. Under the deal, M3's 140 wealth and personal risk insurance advisers, operating in more than 75 privately owned practices across the ...

Colonial First State enhances FirstChoice with Elemnta

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... not only enhances support for advisers on the front line but also contributes to operational efficiency at the business level," Green said. The news comes as CFS added the GQG Partners global equity AUD hedged strategy on its FirstChoice platform yesterday. ...

Government consults on reforms to merger rules

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
The government has kicked off its consultation on merger rules and processes to improve competition and productivity while lowering costs to ensure better outcomes for Aussies. According to the government's Merger Reform consultation paper, Australia's ...

Allianz Retire+ heavyweight jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... already available on government systems." Thornton said once that hurdle is cleared, the cost of providing sensible household-level advice will drop. And financial advice will be much more available, enabling retirement products and services to be offered ...