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Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... regulator decides that they don't raise any competition concerns. The average period for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to process merger authorisations has been 171 days. Chalmers and Leigh added that they plan to introduce ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... growth." Exacerbating the constraints on housing supply, bankruptcies in the construction industry have eroded consumer confidence, swaying many towards buying existing homes over building new ones, resulting in fewer building approvals and a depressed ...

UK advisers told to review retirement advice processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... the potential for risk." "We want to support a sector that can help consumers access pension benefits, invest with confidence and have a sustainable income when they retire. "Some firms are getting this right and making a real difference to their customers. ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... turbulence over the last four years, it is no surprise that consumer sentiment has plummeted to new lows. Consumer confidence, particularly data from retail sales, is still in negative territory and sits at a low not seen since the 1990s recession, Paton ...

Inaugural CSLR levy slugs advisers $18.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... 15,624 registered advisers, they will have to fork out about $1200 each. "The CSLR is intended to promote trust and confidence in the financial services sector and in particular, financial advice. However, if advisers are driven out of business by rising ...

Brighter Super signs David Koch as ambassador

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... In 2018, Koch partnered with the Association of Financial Advisers - now Financial Advice Association Australia - on a consumer event promoting the value of financial advice.

More than 40% of women unprepared for retirement: CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... financially prepared for retirement, according to Colonial First State. That's the key finding from the institution's consumer research, which showed a 13-percentage point gap compared to the 31% of men who feel the same. The research found 25% of women ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... comprises AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA, Hostplus, Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust, UniSuper and Rest - conducted consumer research and analysed deidentified super fund data and publicly available information. It found that most Australians are ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... complaints in a relevant time period. Court continued saying that when individuals have bad experiences with a fund, their confidence in the superannuation system is likely to be undermined; nowhere is this more evident than in relation to death benefit ...

Agricultural sector in for a mixed 2024: Outlook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... assistance to the Australian economy. This is being offset by a high-rate environment, cost pressures and low consumer confidence. These factors are weighing on domestic demand for more premium agricultural products," it said. Global consumption will ...
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