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Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... project with less pay and fewer hours. One in ten Australians want flexibility to dip in and out of work and the same number plan to switch to a less demanding job. Only 1% plan to study or retrain. Deloitte Australia actuarial consulting partner Andrew ...

T. Rowe Price appoints local operations chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... team on the ground in Australia. Yet, T. Rowe Price's local distribution head Darren Hall said there is no deliberate plan to transfer staff. He said with its importance within the wider group and its climate and lifestyle, Australia was an attractive ...

UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
UniSuper announced it has committed up to US$400 million (AU$623 million) to the Macquarie Green Energy and Climate Opportunities Fund (MGECO). MGECO is an open-ended fund that invests in large scale, mature sustainable technologies to support the transition ...

Adviser numbers plateau

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
The number of financial advisers in Australia appears to be stabilising at 15,602, as Count and AMP Financial Planning continue to hold the lion's share. Rainmaker's analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows that the population ...

Financial advice exodus has 'bottomed out': ClearView

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... Financial which is expected to be complete in 1H FY25. Despite exiting the advice business themselves, ClearView said its life insurance business is well positioned to support double-digit underlying NPAT growth. It said it was "future proofing" the ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... allow Challenger to scale and streamline its business. "Adding a digital domestic banking capability to sit alongside out Life and Funds Management operations will broaden the ways in which we provide financial security for retirement and will further ...

A quarter of advised Australians nervous about retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... retirees with the confidence to convert their retirement savings into a regular income can materially improve their quality of life, supporting better retirement outcomes as well as benefiting broader society and the Australian economy," Mannix said. ...

Count brings advice firm to network

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
A former Consultum Financial Advisers-licensed advice practice based in South Australia has joined the Count network. Murray Nankivell, also an accounting and business consulting provider, is the latest to join the ASX-listed firm, leaving behind Insignia-owned ...

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... introducing menopause, fertility, and gender affirmation leave for employees, while also extending its parental leave policy. The life insurer is rolling out a revamped benefits program for its staff, saying the new policy is designed to support a more ...

AustralianSuper hires data strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... head of data strategy, analytics and insights. Having wrapped up a lecturing gig, Gregory Hill has returned to corporate life as head of data strategy, analytics, and insights at the $300 billion superannuation giant. Hill joins from Melbourne Business ...
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