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FSC analyses super, advice developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has examined the government's legislative agenda for super and given a policy update on the Quality of Advice Review. Firstly, following assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones' ...

TIP Group appoints chief strategy officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... number of Australians who can add a career in health care, science and business to these outstanding achievements - all at an age when most of us were only first learning to make a difference." "As an Australian, I am excited that Rachel has decided ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
Australia's annual CPI inflation grew to 6.1% in the June quarter, slightly below the consensus forecast of 6.3%. Consumer prices rose 1.8% this quarter, again less than the 1.9% forecast. "Annual CPI inflation increased 6.1% in the June quarter ...

Future Fund appoints alternatives, credit heads

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
Future Fund has named Tammi Fisher as its head of alternatives and James Waldron as its head of credit. Fisher initially joined the sovereign wealth fund in February 2021 as director of private equity. She has had an extensive career in the investment ...

Foreign investment fees to double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
Foreign investors will pay an additional $455 million in Foreign Investment Review Board fees over the next four years under new regulations. Seeing through an election promise, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is doubling fees for offshore investors from July ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report indicates that Australia's lack of capital gains tax has led to a monumental increase in house prices that have unfairly affected the less wealthy. The report states that between ...

Aussies don't need so much in retirement savings: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... Australia suggest the ASFA Retirement Standard needs a rethink, saying a pre-retiree couple only needs to save $402,000 by age 65 to achieve a joint annual income of $64,000 in retirement. The consumer body has developed new retirement income targets ...

Uncertain times calls for portfolio dynamism: Insight

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
Australian investors can seek to narrow downside risks by deploying various strategies designed to reduce risk and boost portfolio efficiency, according to Insight Investment - a challenge currently facing super funds. At a briefing in Sydney, Insight ...

Victorian AR charged with providing unlicensed advice

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... entitled to. He allegedly told 15 consumers they could access their superannuation based upon having reached preservation age when he knew that those consumers also had to be retired or working less than 10 hours per week in order to have such access. ...

Those most in need of advice see least value in it: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... targeted specifically to consumers seeking retirement planning and superannuation advice and who are in the pre-retirement age group (aged 55 or more)," the research states. The research was led by financial planning lecturer professor Chandra Krishnamurti ...