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Listed fintech partners for financial wellness

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... Wisr head of partnerships Karen Taylor said: "Many employees are unable to properly perform at work because of financial stress. Monetary issues such as mounting credit card debt, inability to meet savings goals or failing to pay bills on time can all ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... financial and mental benefits. Financially it improves their financial capacity in early retirement by putting less financial stress on their cashflow, and allows them to make their retirement savings last longer in retirement. Mentally, being active ...

School holidays require prudent financial planning: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... parents for money eight times more compared to regular school periods, leading to 50% of respondents experiencing financial stress and feeling pressure to fund extra activities. Only 42% of parents have a budget at the start of the holidays to manage ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... undertake in order to secure their investment goals be they long term capital growth or a retirement that minimises financial stress. To identify which strategies meet these criterion, Financial Standard commissioned Rainmaker Information to develop ...

Financial Standard names Investment Leadership Award winners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... undertake to secure their investment goals - be they long-term capital growth or a retirement that minimises financial stress. He added that the investment analysis is "channel agnostic." "Unit trusts - that mainstay of the financial advice industry ...

Salt reveals retirement hotspots

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... commissioned by industry super fund REST earlier this year showed that Australians are carrying mortgage debt and financial stress into retirement, with 46% of older working Australians expecting to retire with debt: one in four retiring with credit ...

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
The proliferation of financial stress across the Australian population is at its height and yet so many impediments to gaining quality financial advice remain. This is the key driver behind Association of Financial Advisers' president and Noall ...

Stressed Aussies increasingly tempted to access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... less financially resilient, with latest research showing about 69% of adults experienced significant levels of financial stress last year. This is a key finding from research conducted by the Centre for Social Impact and NAB, which shows reports of people ...

Financial stress devastating Australian lives: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Australians are turning to drugs and alcohol to manage the symptoms of financial stress according to the latest research. Details of a survey published by start-up Financial Mindfulness, based on CoreData research, show that almost one-in-three Australians ...

Major advice firm endorses first home super saver scheme

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... retirement involves much more than just what your super balance is - not owning a home in retirement creates enormous financial stress and instability." Industry Super Australia is doubtful of the scheme and said it will put retirement savings at risk ...