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FAR draft legislation released

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... consultation in January 2020. After a year of quiet, Treasury on Friday released the draft legislation for FAR and opened a 28-day consultation. It expects FAR legislation to be introduced in the Parliament in spring. The implementation will start with ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... The Delta variant that's doing the rounds in Greater Sydney crossed the Victorian border last week - prompting a five-day lockdown in the state at about the same time that NSW imposed tighter restrictions. Previous to this and conducted "through ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Two months out from his last day at UniSuper, chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan talks to Financial Standard about his eight years at the fund, going public offer and staying away from mergers. O'Sullivan arrived at UniSuper in 2013, after a career ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... of his links with UNE, which became part of his extended family after his father was struck in a fatal car accident on the day of his university graduation. Stammer's mother died of tuberculosis when he was five and the disastrous 1955 floods in ...

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... (including group life insurance). On 10 December2020, the government passed laws that introduced a deferred sales model with a four-day pause between the sale of a principal product or service and the sale of an add-on insurance product. However, on ...

Angus Benbow leaves finance for fitness

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... Wimp2Warrior. Benbow announced he will be co-chief executive of Wimp2Warrior alongside its founder Nick Langton. "An exciting day for me to officially announce joining Wimp2Warrior. Special moment in my career to join an Australia based business at the ...

Dixon Advisory to pay $8.2m to settle ASIC action

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... years (between 2 September 2015 and 31 May 2019). The early morning announcement drove down EP1 shares by over 12% by mid-day on September 4. ASIC further alleged 51 instances (which it thought should be treated separately) of financial advice to the ...

Funds grilled despite record returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... bonuses. Wilson claimed that IFM had been requested to appear at this hearing but had declined. "You can't ask a witness the day before a hearing to attend and then criticise them on the public record for not attending," Murphy said. Murphy later suggested ...

Superannuation complaints down 31%: AFCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Member complaints about superannuation to AFCA fell 31% in the year ending 30 June 2021, after a spike in FY20 stemming from the early release of superannuation allowed during the pandemic. AFCA did not provide a breakdown of complaint types for superannuation ...

UHNWs drive record luxury real estate demand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
According to research from Knight Frank, it's never been a better time to be a property developer or real estate agent catering to the needs of the super-rich. Demand for prime residential properties in Australia is at an all-time high, and Knight Frank ...