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Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... at 3.8% and the trimmed mean has increased to 3.3%," Chesler said. "Inflation is not moving decisively in the right direction. With unemployment still low at 4.1%, household spending resilient and property prices continuing to rise, it is no longer a ...

Coastline Advice, Edge Advisory Partners to merge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... specialise in corporate super. AZ NGA executive general manager Chesne Stafford described the merger as a step in the right direction for broader plans to build a scaled advice business in regional Victoria and New South Wales. Similarly, it advances ...

EWM to buy three advice firms

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... team members, as I divest myself from the duties of running a business." Cook described the move as a step in the right direction as the company continues to focus on nationwide growth through mergers and acquisitions. "Around three quarters of our business ...

Entireti partners with Striver to shore up talent

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... between employers and candidates. Entireti chief executive Neil Younger described the program as a step in the right direction to addressing the prolific demand and supply challenges of the financial advice profession; an issue which requires greater ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... it's really cool to have those discussions across decades with the same people and know they are moving in the right direction financially." Where the platform comes in, says Beimers, is taking out the "grunt work" and making the practice more efficient ...

Can IPOs ever recover? Experts aren't sure

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... process] will help with better price discovery, giving comfort to investors, which we hope will be one step in the right direction of encouraging more listings, and that's been really positive," Isouard said. But Isouard said better regulation on ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... Commission acknowledging that entry requirements are disproportionate to the level of risk is a positive step in the right direction," he said. The PC report also recommended revising requirements for Registered Company Auditors (RCAs) by introducing ...

Investments, advice complaints jump 18%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... 100,000 complaints in FY25, down 4% from the total of 104,861 received in the prior period. "The movement is in the right direction, but receiving 100,000 complaints in a year is still unacceptably high," Locke said. "We've now had three years of ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... to ease the spike in mortgage stress since the cash rate accelerated in May 2022. "But it's a step in the right direction and it's great news for homeowners. It's two down and maybe two more to go this year," he said. "On an average home ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... percentage of next-generation female investors rose from 9% in 2020 to 11% in 2023 - a small but positive move in the right direction. Fresh data from Saxo's global platform shows women trading for the first time between January and February was ...
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