Malavika Santhebennur

Malavika Santhebennur was a news and features financial services journalist at Money Management, part of Financial Express. She has previously written in various industrial publications at Cirrus Media, including mining, food, franchising, and health.

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Financial planning

05 May

Banks should go back to banking

Banks should not provide wealth management services and financial advice unless they can stamp out the product-driven sales culture that is entrenched in the institution....

Financial planning

04 May

Reviews, Royal Commission will not change bank culture

Reviews into retail banking remuneration may raise awareness about the sales culture but it will not alter the product-pushing behaviour of banks and other financial inst...

Financial planning

03 May

Face-to-face advice demand rises for UniSuper

UniSuper members were demanding more face-to-face advice despite the rise of robo-advice, with initial appointments growing by over 20 per cent....

Superannuation

03 May

Business owners need to pay themselves super

Business owners, particularly women, were neglecting to pay themselves superannuation, and risked reaching retirement with a considerably lower balance than salaried empl...

Financial planning

02 May

Pre-retirees the ‘sandwich generation’

Pre-retiree working Australians aged 50 and over were the ‘sandwich generation’ who had to provide financial assistance to both their ageing parents and their children....

Financial planning

01 May

Centrepoint launches charitable foundation

Centrepoint Alliance has launched a charitable foundation, which will build on the fundraising activities it has carried out thus far, starting with beyondblue....

Financial planning

28 Apr

Lack of succession plans can lead to ‘fire sale’

The low number of practices with a succession plan, combined with an ageing financial advice industry, can mean principals will be forced to sell businesses at a much low...

Funds management

27 Apr

Climate change a key financial risk

Climate change was increasingly being viewed as a key financial risk, and trustees and directors of super funds will eventually have a fiduciary duty to avoid this risk....