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Advised Aussies more financially confident: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... Standards Board (FPSB) and research consultancy firm MYMAVINS found that advised clients tend to have more financial confidence and resilience and a higher quality of life. The majority (93%) said they trust their financial planner to act in their best ...

MA Financial boosts fund with $20m acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... uncorrelated to other asset classes. These two new facilities will help enhance the fund's offering." Marshall said he has confidence in MA Financials' ability to manage the assets. "Port Macquarie and Batemans Bay are among the fastest growing areas ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... manage climate risk while safe-guarding and growing the retirement savings of our members to help them retire well, with confidence," said ART head of sustainable investments Nicole Bradford. "Our Roadmap is led by guiding principles which recognise ...

Regal dumps bid for Pacific Current Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... unchanged and it still believes the acquisition would provide strategic benefits to both entities, it said it has little confidence in the process being run. Regal said this is based on the way in which a reaffirmed proposal, issued this month, has been ...

PwC chief executives hold too much power: Review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... partners, for enterprise-level forums or for lines of service," he said. "Partners sometimes seem to have misplaced confidence that matters are in hand and trust there is coverage, but multiple, unclear and blurred accountabilities create gaps, rather ...

Licensees shun remediation obligations: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... remediation starts with robust, consumer-centred policies and procedures, which give licensees and their staff the confidence and ability to fully investigate the issue, triangulate the data available, discover the true root cause and scope of the problem ...

APRA consults on hybrid bond resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... "APRA would be concerned that imposing losses on these investors would bring complexity, contagion risk and undermine confidence in the system in a crisis," it stated. Overseas banking runs have pushed the regulator to look closely at the role hybrids ...

Treasury consults on PwC-linked reforms

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... currently apply to the ATO and Tax Practitioner Board (TPB) be amended. This would allow regulators to disclose breaches in confidence against government agencies to the Treasury. The government explained that the PwC matter highlighted how secrecy laws ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... the potential need for aged care accommodation is predictable, people find it difficult to plan for," the Retire with confidence whitepaper reads. Many clients of financial advisers put off thinking about aged care until the need for it emerges suddenly ...

Aussie investors tighten purse strings: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... research that the continued interest rate increases and concerns of an economic slowdown has dimmed self-directed investor confidence," HSBC Australia head of investments Donahue D'Souza said. "It has been a tough year impacting people in different ...