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Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... savings system, Taylor emphasised the need to give Australians choice and flexibility with respect to how they invest their money, the risk profile undertaken and whether they opt for an industry fund or establish an SMSF. "Retirement is an individual ...

Younger Aussies embracing SMSFs, guidance needed

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... forget" habits, she said, and love gamification. "They live technology-driven savings where they don't actually see the money," Hurley said. "Younger generations respond well to competitive forces. "So, if they see their friends achieving certain ...

ATO cracks down on illegal early SMSF access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
The Australian Taxation Office is cracking down on illegal early access to SMSF money, particularly targeting new entrants to the sector who are the main culprits. New analysis from the tax office released at the SMSF Association National Conference ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... best placed to create investment strategies for their members." "SMC supports retirement solutions that balance the risk of money running out, flexibility and sustainable income but this solution will vary between funds," it said. "Therefore, a standardised ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... 10. According to Shine Lawyers' practice leader Hadi Boustani, up to 500,000 Rest members may be affected. "This was money down the drain for fund members who paid a premium for no benefit," Boustani said. "As a result, we're seeking compensation ...

Aussies want control of nest eggs: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... retirement; only 12% were "very confident". Men tend to be more confident than women when it comes to managing their retirement money - 39% compared to 37% respectively. FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said there is significant risk for the government ...

Commonwealth Bank slapped with $10.3m fine for wage theft

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... that stood by Commonwealth Bank workers and can finally see them win justice," she said. "Wage theft robs working people of money they are rightfully owed and denies them the ability to buy the necessities they need to live. This is real money owed to ...

ASIC files lawsuit against unlicensed director, companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... He has previously been banned from providing financial services by ASIC; in 2015 - after he had already started sourcing money from investors in this current scheme - another Paladin company Hodgson was director of was found to have failed its obligations ...

Former director pleads guilty to hedge fund con

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... exchange products and commodities to produce a return. However, no such products existed, and Sandiford simply deposited the money into bank accounts held in his own name. It was then used to fund personal expenses and for other purposes unrelated to ...

Jailed adviser permanently banned by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... $1,056,685.18 from some of his clients' self-managed super funds. Between July and August 2019, he was found to have used all the money to feed his gambling habit. At the time, he was sole director and shareholder of Platinum Perpetual Global Private ...