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ATO recovers $900m in unpaid super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... owed Superannuation Guarantee payments and prompted them to pay. This is up 24% on the previous year. ATO deputy commissioner Emma Rosenzweig said more than 92% of super entitlements are paid without the need for ATO intervention, however the tax office ...

ASIC flags 'consistently weak' claims processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... handling, the letter read. Appearing at the annual Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said she had chosen to write to trustees now as "this is too important to wait." "From [claimants'] perspective ...

Size of super industry on ASIC's radar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has told the ASIC Annual Forum that the regulator is watching potential risks to financial stability as the superannuation sector grows. Questioned on her thoughts around the recent Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) report ...

ASIC chair defends Chairman's Lounge memberships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
ASIC's leadership team has been questioned over their respective Qantas Chairman's Lounge memberships and whether they believe it's appropriate to maintain them. Appearing before the Economics Legislation Committee today, chair Joe Longo - who appeared ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... Russia's war in 2022. Some 30,000 civilians since have been killed or injured, the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner counted in February. Brown University's recently published Cost of War report estimates the US dropped US$17.9 ...

ASIC makes key appointments to executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has made two appointments to its senior executive leadership team. Following an international search, ASIC chair Joe Longo announced the appointment of Peter Soros as executive director regulation ...

ASIC cancels fewer AFSLs in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... FY23. It finalised 1246 AFSLs and credit licences, which was 15% less than the previous financial year of 1464. ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland said: "ASIC's licensing and professional registration function plays a key gatekeeping role by ensuring ...

ACCC approves Lendlease, Stockland property deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... undertaking to the ACCC to divest its Forest Reach masterplanned community project near Dapto in the Illawarra. ACCC commissioner Philip Williams said without the divestment, the proposed acquisition would've combined the largest masterplanned community ...

Early release of super scammer sent to prison

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... early release of super by using myGov accounts to claim to be other super account holders. SFCT chief and ATO deputy commissioner John Ford said: "This outcome sends a clear message to the community that we do bring those who exploit the tax and super ...

ASIC, RBA handed new financial market infrastructure powers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... financial market infrastructures - the key entities that enable, facilitate, and support trading in capital markets. ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said the new laws create a "fit-for-purpose regulatory regime" for critical financial market infrastructure. ...