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High super balance tax needs work: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... not indexed is also problematic." Hutton isn't the only one who shares this view. Earlier in the year Financial Services Council (FSC) analysis of ATO data found a significant portion of Australian taxpayers will breach the cap in their lifetime. It ...

Budget cuts advisers' power bills, admin burden

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... $23.4 million to help SMEs combat cybersecurity attacks via the Cyber Wardens program, which will be delivered by the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia. "A cybercrime attack on a small business can cause significant financial and reputational ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, Jones called the forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy ...

RBA appointments prompt debate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... whole lot of union officials with deep links to the Labor Party." Meanwhile, others applauded the decision. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) said it's been critical of the RBA and its board for its lack of understanding about wage growth ...

PensionDanmark chief executive to retire

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... Beforehand, he served as chief executive at PKS Pension Fund as well as an economist at The Secretariat of the Danish Economic Council. Pedersen has also chaired countless boards, such as Copenhagen Business School, the Danish Government and Denmark's ...

Frontier Advisors tops asset consultant ranking

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... developments and bedding down a number of new clients." Of note, retainer clients to appoint Frontier in 2021/22 include, Climate Council, MIESF, Legalsuper, GESB, TelstraSuper, and TAL.

Drawdown reforms boosts post-retirement phase

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... retirees and improve retirement income by up to 20%. This is one of three recommendations presented by the Financial Services Council and NMG Consulting in their newly released report, A roadmap for Australian retirement income policy. The research argues ...

Consumer interests prioritised in YFYS review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... consumer interests by targeting poor performing super funds. Responding to yesterday's release, Financial Services Council (FSC) commended the government for listening to feedback from the investment and superannuation sectors by including ten new ...

Super reform "takes away the right to be tax exempt"

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... by the potential consequences of an unindexed cap. As previously reported by Financial Standard, a Financial Services Council analysis of ATO data revealed that if the government's $3 million super cap isn't indexed, around 500,000 individuals ...

February exam records 67% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... candidates who sat the February exam, 128 passed. Sixty percent of them sat it for the first time. In aggregate, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), which administers the exam, counted 20,425 individuals sat the exam. Some 93% or ...