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More guidance crucial for aged care transitions: AMP

MATTHEW WAI | MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024

... of ongoing income in retirement," Hiller said. "It also includes better access to financial advice, improved financial literacy at all ages, and a simplified retirement system. "Relocating to an aged care facility, gifting and inheritance are all areas ...

Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024

... to compare," Shrimski said. "By keeping fees confusing, it's taking advantage of the low engagement and financial literacy of Australians when it comes to their superannuation." Shrimski has called for greater transparency on fees - for example ...

More financially secure women seek advice: Survey

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024

... control of the finances and then thrown into the deep end to navigate their financial future. "It becomes a financial literacy conversation, and depending on the client, where they're at in their understanding, we'll be guided by them in terms ...

Aussies unprepared to manage retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024

... accumulation stage of retirement saving far easier, the report noted that a lack of retirement literacy, not financial literacy, remains a crucial barrier to achieving good outcomes around financial plans for retirement. With high-quality professional ...

Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024

... Australians," she said. "To ensure Australians can retire with confidence, we must provide a stronger focus on financial literacy and equitable retirement solutions. Providing quality advice and diversified options tailored to today's uncertain economic ...

SSGA takes 5% stake in Raiz

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024

... managing director and chief executive Brendan Malone said customers will have access to a broader array of financial literacy content and investment education tools. "We are committed to growing our core Australian business through ongoing product innovation ...

Financial Standard opens Power50 voting

STAFF WRITER | MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024

... are active within industry associations to those that boast a strong social media following, helping improve financial literacy and awareness. All advisers who have progressed to the voting round have been vetted against ASIC's Financial Advisers ...

New shadow assistant treasurer's vision for advice, super

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024

... people, making it difficult to provide "simple advice" to young Australians. He said there's very little financial literacy among young people in Australia, unless their parents teach them about superannuation and investing. As such, he emphasised ...

Advisers encouraged to engage with clients' kids

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024

... years. This can be achieved through better access to lifetime income solutions and financial advice, improved financial literacy at all ages, and a simplified retirement system," he said. "Most importantly this confidence could improve their quality ...

Regulation, profitability top adviser worries: BT

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024

... legislation will generate the opposite effect of the intent behind the Quality of Advice Review," he said. BT head of financial literacy and advocacy Bryan Ashenden agreed that the CSLR levy "is particularly contentious." "Advisers agree that people ...

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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Funds SA has appointed a new chief investment officer, who will join from Hostplus, to commence in February 2025.

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new chief risk officer that's set to start in March 2025.

UniSuper has 'some work to get on with' on cyber front: Chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

UniSuper's leadership team has touched on how the fund is strengthening its operations following the extensive system outage in May this year.

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA

Lax superannuation laws make it too easy for perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found.

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