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Blossom launches new fixed income product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... "We're thrilled to announce the launch of Blossom Plus to our app, to help investors maximise the value of their loud budgeting efforts, boosted by the power of fixed income to earn a higher return," Rosenberg said. However, the launch is part of a larger ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... can make a big difference to the life we lead tomorrow, so we would always encourage members to take advantage of free budgeting tips and tools we offer to start engaging with super and where appropriate consider options like salary sacrificing extra ...

Gen Zs now 'loud budgeting': Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... and choose to put that amount into a high-interest savings account or pay down debt." According to Riley, another hot budgeting trend is 'no or low spending months' which can involve giving up alcohol, takeaway food or shopping for clothes or ...

Frontier calls out structural super fund flaws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... minimises their income, impacting their quality of life, especially during the active early years of retirement, making budgeting challenging due to income variability, and often results in bequests that are much larger than intended," he said. However ...

New advice firm hits Melbourne

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... goals-based advice for all clients, ranging from young professionals to retirees, across cash flow and goals projections, budgeting, debt management, investments, superannuation, insurance, asset protection, tax planning, government support benefits ...

Fitch downgrades US credit rating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... fiscal management. In addition, the government lacks a medium-term fiscal framework, unlike most peers, and has a complex budgeting process," Fitch said. "These factors, along with several economic shocks as well as tax cuts and new spending initiatives ...

Advice firm revenues jump 45%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
... Over half (55%) of practices still do not offer digital signing. A larger number do not use cashflow management and budgeting application (73%). The survey found that practices that communicated with their top clients more than 10 times per year achieved ...

Ad hoc changes to super scare self-funded retirees: ASA

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... transfer of risk lifts the importance of financial education to build an understanding of key financial skills such as budgeting, saving and investing and retirement income planning for the Australian population." Elsewhere, the ASA agreed on the importance ...

Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... literacy is poor; they don't naturally think about financial calculations. And also what matters to them is time budgeting. What do you want to do with that time?" he asked. He said if life is getting longer, advisers are better off asking clients ...

Economic landscape spurs advice model rethink

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... their value proposition on something other than investment performance. Instead, they are adding value in areas such as budgeting and cashflow management, debt, superannuation, tax, Centrelink, retirement planning, estate planning and aged care, Desktop ...
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