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Pandemic-era savings to dry up: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has warned that the extraordinary amount of savings Australians amassed during the pandemic will run dry by the end of the year. CBA said Australians had accrued around $300 billion in additional savings during the period, as ...

FAAA calls on advisers: 'We ask for your support'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson has outlined the industry's biggest gripes with the collapse of Dixon Advisory and how it has been handled. Anderson said he is angry about the ...

ASFA pushes for tax redistribution to benefit low-income workers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is proposing to increase support for low-income earners by redistributing the revenue generated from the government's planned additional taxation on superannuation balances above $3 million ...

UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... investment performance, and service quality, in a bid to improve transparency. Pension schemes would be publicly rated as red, amber, or green, with poor performing ones required to either improve or transfer members to better alternatives, with no action ...

Trump victory will jostle trade war, interest rates: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
The potential re-election of Donald Trump will likely jostle inflation and interest rates, and stoke further trade wars with China, according to Morningstar. If Trump wins in November, Morningstar director of equity research for Australia and New Zealand ...

Assembly Funds Management seeks $100m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
Assembly Funds Management (AFM), backed by the Lowy family, is seeking to raise about $100 million in re-opening its second property fund. Australian Diversified Property Fund 2 (ADPF2) is rattling the tin for the second time after it completed its ...

AMP sells advice licensees to Entireti, AZ NGA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
AMP will sell its advice licensees and support services business to Entireti and AZ NGA and offload its minority stakes in 16 individual practices. It comes as the advice business reports a net loss of $15 million. Entireti, formerly Fortnum Private ...

Magellan adds $2bn to FUM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
Contrary to recent months, Magellan Financial Group gained close to $2 billion in funds under management (FUM) in July. Magellan reported $38.4 billion as of July 31, up nearly 5% from the previous month's reading of $36.6 billion. Throughout the ...

RBA on hold: Experts split on 2024 cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates unchanged at 4.35% at its August board meeting. RBA governor Michele Bullock said the case for an interest rate cut in the near-term was not a likely scenario. "Based on what I know today and what ...

Vision Super closes property, infrastructure options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Vision Super is closing its Property and Infrastructure options, while also removing the asset classes from one of its balanced offerings. Effective October 4, Vision Super's Property and Infrastructure options will be closed to members, with Vision ...