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Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... Deloitte Australia actuarial consulting partner Andrew Boal told a recent event that most Australians tend to focus on the financial aspects of their retirement and not the "non-financial dimensions that assume even greater importance once people are ...

A quarter of advised Australians nervous about retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
Physical health and financial security are the primary factors influencing how content Australians in or near retirement are, according to a new report. Challenger's inaugural Retirement Happiness Index, in collaboration with independent research house ...

Investment managers embracing AI: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... the most prominent opportunity, cited as significant or very significant by 83% of managers. While healthcare (72%), financial services and wealth management (70%), legal services (66%), banking (64%), and insurance (61%) are the next-most-cited areas ...

Allianz Retire+ names wealth management distribution chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... specialist's distribution strategy for the wealth management arm of the business. "As an experienced leader within financial services, he offers a range of expertise across disciplines which will enhance our growth strategy," he said. In his new ...

Australian Ethical eyes small caps as play for advisers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... a reasonable valuation gap between large and smalls," head of distribution and client relationships Leah Willis told Financial Standard. "We're also seeing the economic backdrop become more supportive, with a potential easing cycle over 2024, boding ...

Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
Following a brief reprieve, the number of class actions targeting the financial services sector escalated significantly in 2023. According to a report from Allens, the banking and financial services sector was the second biggest target for class actions ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
While individuals can benefit from good levels of stress or "eustress", so too do financial markets and economies, according to an investment expert, who says that this can help move toward normalisation following a turbulent number of years. La Trobe ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... means of funding the aged care system. Australia's aged care bill is on the rise, coming in at $27.1 billion last financial year, and predicted to reach $42 billion by 2026-27. Presently, the government funds about 75% of residential aged care and ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... are doing what we can to fix that," she said. "This investment by the Cook government is an important step to increase financial security for women who work in the public sector taking unpaid parental leave."

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... by the Australian Retirement Trust (ART) shows. A similar number of women members said they feel secure about their financial situation overall. ART executive general manager of advice, guidance and education Anne Fuchs said while women are getting better ...
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