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Industry Fund Services enters strategic partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... the sector could work together to transform the way financial education and advice is delivered to help members achieve better retirement outcomes." The efforts will combine IFS's member education and financial advice capabilities with BCG X's experience ...

Super funds lobby for super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... should be extended. Industry Super Australia found that a 30-year-old woman earning $40,000 a year would be up to $56,170 better off at retirement if the LISTO cap went up to $640 and aligned the threshold with the $45,000 income tax bracket. Over a ...

Pacific Equity Partners finances reverse mortgage lender

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
... to help ensure responsible access to home equity retirement funding. "We need to commit to clear principles that deliver better outcomes for our seniors: greater awareness of home equity as the third pillar of retirement funding; confidence in voluntary ...

Super tough sell for First Nations people: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... superannuation is inadequate for meeting the needs of all Indigenous Australians, adding that change is needed to ensure better future outcomes. Going into detail, Usher said the system's architecture is simply not conducive to positive outcomes ...

FSCP issues slap on the wrist to adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... provided to an adviser's AFSL. "It's somewhat along the lines of saying, 'You didn't get this right, do better next time', and likely implies that the impact for the client was very low or non-existent," Miller said. In the third ...

US inflation rises 3.2%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... did rise, it reflects "the vagaries of base effects largely associated with energy prices and was in any case slightly better than markets had anticipated". More important is that measures of the "inflation pulse are indicative that peak inflation is ...

APIR reports surge in new financial products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... in 2022/23, being 153.8% above the four-year rolling average," Donohoe said. "This further demonstrates the industry's better understanding of how to leverage the benefits of the APIR coding regime." APIR also identified a continued rationalisation of ...

Treasury consults again on FFSP exemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... Future Bills) Bill 2023: Licensing Exemptions for Foreign Financial Services Providers, amending the Corporations Act to better facilitate cross-border financial services while ensuring regulatory oversight. Within the Bill, the government is making ...

Private credit to play critical role in the economy: MA Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... more and more over time." Houston added that the distressed property construction debt in the non-banks is likely to be better managed than in the major banks, following an exodus of experienced real estate financiers from the big four over the last ...

ACCC slams door on ANZ, Suncorp deal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... to be intensely competitive after the acquisition." Elliott added the acquisition would create a combined bank which is better equipped to respond to competitive pressures. "... and deliver significant public benefits, particularly in Queensland," he ...