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Chorus of self-interest in financial advice: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
Super Consumers Australia believes we should look to the UK for inspiration when it comes to providing access to conflict-free financial advice, saying lessons of the Royal Commission have been forgotten and "a chorus of self-interest has emerged". ...

Rest cuts administration fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... dollar-based fee unchanged at $1.50, this means a member with a $50,000 balance is now paying $128 per annum in admin fees - a saving of $10. For a member with $50,000 in Rest's default option, the total fees to be paid are $438 per annum, the fund said. ...

Inflation a greater danger than recession: Powell

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... employment. The share of the population with a job in Australia is at a record high by a large margin and the current rate of saving out of income is still very high, much higher than it was before the pandemic," he said. While Lowe notes the various ...

Corporate fund to join Australian Retirement Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
Australian Retirement Trust will complete another successor fund transfer this week, taking over the super fund of an ASX 100 company. On July 1, the Incitec Pivot Employees Superannuation Fund will merge into Australian Retirement Trust. The fund ...

Pzena adds to Australian team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
The New York-based global equities manager has expanded its local team with the appointment of John Jardim as director of business development and client services. Jardim joins from BNP Paribas Investment Management where he has held the role of head ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... of paying stamp duty or a small, annual property tax of $400 plus 0.3% of the land value. Stamp duty will add two years saving time to residents earning the median income and saving 15%, the government said. Premier Dominic Perrottet said one of the ...

Westpac outlines new social initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... workforce representation. "Home ownership is still one of the most common paths to wealth accumulation in Australia but saving the traditional 20% of the value of a property purchase price can take prospective buyers years to achieve," Westpac chief ...

IFM Investors, San Quirico team up to work towards a sustainable future

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
IFM Investors is partnering with San Quirico to foster wind power operator ERG's position in the renewables space. IFM Investors (as manager of the IFM Net Zero Infrastructure Fund (IFM NZIF)) and San Quirico (SQ) will form a strategic, long-term ...

Stagflation: What should we expect?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2022 conference, a panel of economic experts shared their views on the current stagflationary environment. "Inflation's certainly here to stay in the near term," QIC chief ...

Colonial reveals Australia's huge untapped workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
The Colonial First State Unleash Your Second Half report stated Australia has a huge untapped workforce of older Australians who would delay retirement for up to 10 years if they were able to switch careers. Upon investigation, Colonial found a strong ...