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Those most in need of advice see least value in it: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... pre-retirement age group (aged 55 or more)," the research states. The research was led by financial planning lecturer professor Chandra Krishnamurti and GAP Financial founder and financial planning lecturer Geoff Pacecca. Also on the team were associate ...

University of Melbourne launches investment funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... and one way we do this is through translating our research into public good," University of Melbourne vice-chancellor professor Duncan Maskell said. "Our two new funds will play a critical role in supporting researchers to take more risks, to be creative ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... and wasteful product proliferation," he continued. Also responding to Bragg's assessment, Sydney University associate professor Shumi Akhtar said she both agreed and disagreed with his policies. "Our superannuation system requires some serious revision ...

Tax Practitioners Board adds two new members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... was an Australian government treasury ministry chief of staff and senior advisor. He also currently serves as adjunct professor at Deakin University Business School and co-founded the Small-Medium-Size Enterprises (SME) Research Center. Dobson has spent ...

Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... of the bottom 20% of income earners while only making a minimal change to the earnings of the top 20%," ANU associate professor Ben Phillips said. "Under our proposed changes the highest income earners would still retire with very healthy superannuation ...

Excise tax, super top budget worries

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... voters is likely to be the increased cost of living, especially with petrol prices soaring to well over $2 a litre. Professor of economics at UNSW Business School Richard Holden says there will be immense pressure on Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to announce ...

Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... countries that sent the largest share of crypto transfers abroad, after Turkey and Ukraine. Elvira Sojli, associate professor of finance in the School of Banking and Finance at UNSW Business School, explained that crypto can be used to get around sanctions. ...

Rainy day funds probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... day funds" to pay for possible fines and sanctions. At the beginning of the hearing, Falinski asked University of NSW professor Scott Donald whether creating an indemnity insurance market for penalties risks creating moral hazard for super fund executives ...

Hostplus hits members with new fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... Economics Committee heard that profit-to-member funds are likely to use a range of methods to raise the required reserves. Professor Scott Donald from the University of NSW appeared before the committee and explained that while retail super funds have ...

Economics Committee to examine rainy day funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... not put member's funds at risk or increase their fees," he said. The committee will also hear from UNSW associate professor Scott Donald, who specialises in governance within the superannuation sector. "While the regulators will be an important focus ...