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Andrew Formica to return to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... interview with Bloomberg, Formica said: "I just want to go sit at a beach and do nothing. I'm not thinking about anything else." He will remain with the business until 30 June 2023 to assist with some of the group's strategic objectives, including ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... transfer would only cover one-fifth of the 2021 price rise, a paltry 4% of the price itself, Dunnin said. Certainly, while anything is helpful, the sheer magnitude of Rainmaker's findings makes clear that at best the super home buyer policy will only ...

75% of Aussies don't understand group cover: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... important and 71% expressing a desire to ensure their cover is right for them. Meanwhile, 32% said they don't want to pay for anything they don't need but only 23% have made the effort to modify their level of cover. Of those that have modified their ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... "significant breach." A catch-all disclosure requirement in the Corporations Act technically required RSE licensees to disclose anything that is material to a consumer's decision to acquire an interest in a fund. Though the report also said: "Some members ...

Key Budget measure won't help economy: Academic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... Macquarie Business School academic has said one-off payments like those expected in next week's Federal Budget won't do anything to address long-term structural issues in Australia's economy. A one-off payment to combat the rising cost of living is expected ...

Experienced advisers in education limbo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... matter of hours displaying a high level of political desperation which traditionally indicates they are willing to say anything to get re - elected. The only comforting factor is it was said this side of the election, minister Hume's credibility ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... other countries where it is a defined benefit, it means that when you earn less you get less super - it perpetuates. Anything that helps address this inequality, I think that is great. It could reduce age pension costs in the future if people have more ...

AvSuper names insurer, premiums rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... tailored, high touch services available, the fund said. AvSuper said, if a suitable partner is identified, it's unlikely anything will happen before October or November of this year. Starting life in 1990 and opening to the public in 2005, AvSuper is ...

Advisers call out regulation backflip

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... used to working with the Code of Ethics in conjunction with the spirit of the current legislation before we go changing anything," he said.

$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... As such, the removal of the measure was welcome news for the superannuation industry, which described the threshold as anything from inequitable to arbitrary and illogical. Commenting on the move, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran ...