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Aware Super chair named governor-general

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... Council for International Development and president of Chief Executive Women as well as a National Mental Health Commissioner. She also led the government's Women's Economic Equality Taskforce. Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart confirmed ...

ACNC tightens screws on NFPs with complex corporate structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) announced it will focus on the misuse of complex corporate structures this year. ACNC commissioner Sue Woodward said the commission is "becoming increasingly concerned about the misuse of complex structures, where they ...

ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland has admitted the regulator can't fight every battle of misconduct, but that doesn't mean it's not watching. Speaking at the Blockchain APAC Policy Week event, Kirkland ...

Super SA names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... Dascia Bennett's departure. Dini Soulio has taken on the role following almost a decade as South Australia's commissioner for consumer affairs, commissioner for corporate affairs, liquor and gambling commissioner and commissioner for prices. ...

FAAA calls on ATO to provide clarity over advice fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... the clarity provided around the deductibility of upfront fees as it relates to taxation. However, we do suggest the Commissioner's prevailing view in one area - that a fee for financial advice in connection with initial financial advice on the proposed ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
The final report from the government's Aged Care Taskforce suggests the amount paid by Australians accessing care should be determined by their personal wealth, including superannuation, rejecting the idea of an aged care levy. On the back of the ...

Super funds convene with assistant treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... impacts on individuals, families, and communities - harms that can negatively affect overall community wellbeing, ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland said.

ATO cracks down on illegal early SMSF access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... SMSFs lost about $255 million from illegal withdrawals while $170 million was protected at registration. ATO deputy commissioner for superannuation and employer obligations Emma Rosenzweig told the conference that across these years about $635 million ...

Adviser registration deadline moves to February 16

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... that it will focus its efforts on enforcing the registration regime and take regulatory action where necessary. ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland said failure to comply could incur significant consequences for unregistered financial advisers who continue ...

Bitcoin ETFs given green light by US regulator

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... status of other crypto assets or the existing non-compliance issues among some market participants. Meanwhile, SEC commissioner Caroline Crenshaw expressed strong dissent, labelling the regulator's decision as "unsound and ahistorical." "I am concerned ...
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