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No more easy 6% returns: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... funds shifting to keep up. "Thinking about the defensive portion of our investors' portfolios - if you buy car insurance or home insurance it costs you money to do that, the insurance company doesn't pay you to take out that insurance. Historically ...

Childcare costs drag women's nest egg

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
Reducing childcare costs could be the solution to improving retirement outcomes for women, a new survey shows. Three-in-four superannuation members argue that improving access to childcare or making it more affordable could lead to a significant difference ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... seeing the adaptability of advisers in the face of a pandemic. There's something oddly intimate about seeing someone's home surroundings, hearing their pets make noise, or having their kids interrupt on a Zoom call. I think that has brought down ...

Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... health and wellbeing." According to a Financial Sector Union survey of its members, only 52% of women were able to work from home during the pandemic compared to 73% of men. Of the FSU members who were unable to work from home, 88% of women worked in ...

Cost of living eroding super: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... economy. As the pandemic continues to deter overseas travel, many retirees are shifting this budget onto domestic travel, home improvements and other big-ticket items such as furniture and appliances. "As a greater number of people ventured out of their ...

Aged care RC unveils 148 recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... need and to empowering them to make choices about their care," the report said. Access to three core aged care services - home care, respite care and allied health care - is deemed problematic and lengthy. In 2018-19, the waiting times from being assessed ...

T. Rowe Price expands in Asia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... headquarters in the US. T. Rowe Price head of international equity and co-head of global equity Justin Thomson said China is home to some of the most exciting business opportunities in the world. "The opening of our office in Shanghai represents an important ...

Special course to manage work conflict

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... MySuperFriend platform. "It's very exciting and timely to launch this new course on the one-year anniversary of the 'working-from-home' phenomenon, which changed the world of work for good," SuperFriend head of consulting Pippa Rose said. "Workplace ...

Senator calls for super funds to stop shorting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... shorting shares creates a lottery," Rennick said. "If the day you come to retire and have to cash out your super to pay off your home loan is the same day a super fund happens to shorts shares because, at the same time, a fund manager has to retire and ...

Possible delay for SG rise: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... of compelling Australians to sacrifice more during their working lives by forgoing wages that could be used to pay off a home, just to have a larger balance at retirement. "The Prime Minister noted the planned increase is legislated but if there was ...