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Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... Index Plus products hit $1.1 billion, up 190% year on year. During the period, Challenger also partnered with the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) and TelstraSuper to launch its RetireAccess Lifetime Pension. Challenger managing director ...

Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... members' diverse needs. Before joining HESTA, Collins held customer-facing and operations executive positions at AXA, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and National Australia Bank. She also served as the chief operating officer of Victorian Funds Management ...

SMSF scammers charged with criminal offences

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... reappear for committal mention before the Melbourne Magistrates Court on April 30. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. Separately, the corporate watchdog acted against nine SMSF auditors in the last quarter ...

Interest rates drive adviser conversations in 2024

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... clients. Economists remain divided on which direction interest rates will take in 2024 or if they will move at all. Commonwealth Bank predicts the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will drop the base rate by 0.75% from September in the hope inflation returns ...

Albanese set to overhaul Stage 3 tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... government to retain the 37% tax bracket and redirect the $8 billion a year saved to build 100,000 homes and expand Commonwealth Rental Assistance to help those most in need keep a roof over their heads," she said. Albanese is due to present the proposed ...

ME Bank fined $820k for misleading borrowers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... was found to have provided inaccurate information about its home loans to customers. The matter, prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, followed an investigation and referral by ASIC. The regulator found the bank sent 589 letters ...

Commonwealth Super Corp reworks admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) is changing the structure of its administration fees across ADF Super, the Public Sector Superannuation accumulation plan (PSSap) and CSC retirement income (CSCri). From March 1, members across these divisions ...

SG Hiscock plucks new investment chief from UniSuper

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... and head of capital markets and asset allocation. He has also held economic and investment management roles with Commonwealth Investment Management and Colonial First State Asset Management. Hiscock said Hogg's appointment is a "strategic one", and that ...

Inflation eases to 4.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... 4.8%, lower than the annual rise of 5.1% in October." Since its introduction on 20 September 2023, the increase in Commonwealth Rent Assistance has reduced out-of-pocket rent costs for eligible tenants. Marquardt said that by excluding these changes ...

Former director sentenced to over four years imprisonment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023
... youth and naivety at the time of offending, and good prospects of rehabilitation. This matter was prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions following an investigation and referral by ASIC.