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Application fees increase for tax advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Increased funding for the Tax Practitioners Board will be offset by an increase in application fees for tax practitioners, including financial advisers. The Government said it would provide $20.1 million over four years from 2018-19 so as to assist ...

Royal Commission sees increased ASIC, APRA funding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... of work left in implementing the new framework. As a result, it is asking for the Treasury and ASIC to review the funding for soon-to-be-replaced Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) so that it's properly funded to manage its caseload. It also thinks ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... magnitude of work left in implementing the new framework. So, it is asking for the Treasury and ASIC to review the funding for soon-to-be-replaced Superannuation Complaints Tribunal ( SCT ) so that it is properly funded to manage its caseload. It also ...

Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... expand internationally. Blackbird Ventures, alongside Melbourne and Sydney angel investors, led the $1.8 million seed funding for Honee. The investment comes after Canva, another company with Blackbird Ventures backing, was named a global unicorn when ...

RARE partners with WaterAid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... have access to clean water. RARE will also continue its partnership with Red Cross Unity through the provision of funding for short-term infrastructure projects such as water treatment plants to communities shaken by natural disaster or displaced due ...

IMF ramps up funding for CBA class action

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... future investments in Australia, Asia, Canada and Europe. The announcement comes two months after IMF announced that funding for the shareholder class action against CBA was unconditional and filed proceedings in the Federal Court. At the time, IMF said ...

Proceedings filed against CBA in Federal Court

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
Funding for the shareholder class action against the Commonwealth Bank is now unconditional and proceedings have been filed in the Federal Court, marking the beginning of one of the largest shareholder class actions in Australian history. IMF Bentham ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... "material business risk" it poses. In particular, claimants pointed to the bank's refusal to rule out participating in funding for the Adani Carmichael coal mine. The claim made to the courts alleged that by not disclosing the risks climate change poses ...

US$4.1 billion infrastructure debt fundraising secured

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... distribution in OECD countries. Infrastructure companies increasingly view private mezzanine debt as an ideal source of funding for a range of their specialised financing needs," he said. AMP Capital's first infrastructure debt fund was closed to new ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... comes with quite a marked change in the required investment approach, with a 'dual' investment strategy of short term funding for housing, and long term funding for retirement. Understanding these principles and ensuring the right investment strategy ...