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Aussie investment habits improving: Superhero

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
According to a survey of Australian investors, 50% are planning on investing this year's tax return in the stock market. Superhero surveyed 1300 investors who expected to receive a tax return. This figure increases to 59% of female Superhero investors ...

Review of ASIC funding model begins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
The government has commenced a review of the ASIC Industry Funding Model, issuing terms of reference. An update from Treasury said the review will be forward looking and focused on identifying refinements to the industry funding model. Treasury added ...

Macquarie Asset Management buys Veolia waste business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... retains the right to reject the acquisition. Macquarie's purchase price of 16.9 times normalised earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation was "significantly higher than the acquisition price resulting from the takeover bid" Veolia ...

What the QAR should focus on: MLC Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... holistic personal advice or no advice/support at all," MLC Life said. As many have lobbied for some time, advice should be tax deductible, it said. "The cost of obtaining personal financial advice should be tax deductible, to increase affordability and ...

Government strengthens multinationals tax laws

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
The Labor government is cracking down on multinational enterprises (MNEs) avoiding tax and transparency. Last week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said it's the government's priority to make sure that multinational corporations pay a fair share of tax where ...

V-Square launches Australian ESG index strategy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... strategy tracks the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ex-Australia ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Select Special Tax Index. An issued statement said it's designed to consider financially material ESG issues and promote companies participating ...

TAL completes acquisition of Westpac Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... Group. A total of 345 Westpac Life employees will also migrate over to the insurer. Westpac expects to report a total after tax loss on sale of about $1.37 billion, $0.27 billion of which was incurred in the group's 2021 results. The remaining $1.1 billion ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
KPMG has flagged ESG, tax governance, financial crime, adaptive investment operations and regulatory risks as some of its key considerations for the super sector in 2022. According to KPMG's latest Super Insights 2022 report, last year climate change ...

Increased scale drives Diverger results

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... organic growth were major factors in the firm's positive full-year results. Diverger reported a 26% increase in net profit after tax and a 9% jump in net revenues to over $30 million. Jacobsen said the reasons behind positive returns were simple. "We've ...

Government moves to amend military super benefits tax

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) and Military Superannuation benefits (MSB) schemes are super lump sums for income tax purposes rather than superannuation income stream benefits. However, as new draft legislation states, this is contrary to ...