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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquires Asset Partners Private Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... per client policy to ensure all clients have access to quality specialised financial advice year-round regardless of holidays, illness or retirement". The client base comprises mostly of retirees, professional executives and small business owners. With ...

Post-holiday blues drives retirement tool engagement

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... two years, HESTA found members' interaction with its Future Planner retirement tool spikes around the end of the school holidays as the working year gathers pace. HESTA found that in late January and early February, member use of the Future Planner tool ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... that around 90% of super balances are left unspent. "What could that 90% represent?" he says. "It could have been more holidays. It could have been retiring years earlier. It could have been better care. It could have been helping the kids much earlier ...

NGS Super to launch lifetime income product

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... and they won't just talk about their super balance. They'll talk about the coffee catchups, the morning walks, and the holidays they have planned to visit family or see the world The little things make a big difference - which is why activities and purpose ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... ($73,337). Meanwhile, the budget for a modest retirement remains "basically unchanged". The higher costs for domestic holidays and vehicle insurance added to the cost of retirement in the quarter, ASFA said, but retirees have offset some of these shortfalls ...

Systemic issues impact 20k consumers: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... system error resulted in a consumer loss due to a trade in which the system was not able to recognise variance in public holidays across different states. The date was a public holiday in New South Wales, but not in Queensland and the system accepted ...

ASIC cans timeshare company AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... interviewed victims who were stuck in Ultiqa contracts. One customer paid fees for 11 years and only used the service for two holidays. "The cost of those two holidays was a whopping $18,000 up front, followed by $800 per year in fees, making a total ...

Aussies unprepared to manage retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... While most adults are financially literate - managing bills, mortgages, credit cards, and saving for expensive items like holidays - and the Superannuation Guarantee has made the accumulation stage of retirement saving far easier, the report noted that ...

Gen Zs now 'loud budgeting': Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... months' which can involve giving up alcohol, takeaway food or shopping for clothes or beauty for the month, not booking holidays, or food prepping. "The younger you are, the more likely you are to stash that money into a high-interest savings account ...

Latest CPI data provides case for rate pause

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... "The RBA should remain sensitive to inflation risks, as outside of the more volatile aspects of the CPI (food, fuel and holidays) prices remain stickier," she said. HSBC chief economist Australia, New Zealand and global commodities Jamie Culling agreed. ...
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