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Unmet advice needs increases for SMSF trustees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
Self-managed superannuation (SMSF) trustees are faced with unmet advice needs as costs and confidence in financial advisers stands in the way. The Vanguard Investment Trends Planner Report revealed a 6% increase in the number of SMSF trustees with unmet ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... unwanted sexual behaviour," Bornstein said. "Similarly, the investigation accepted that Mr Pahari gave Ms Szlakowski his personal credit card, asked her to communicate with him via WhatsApp while at a private club in the early hours of the morning, but ...

ASIC cracks down on 42 SMSF auditors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... appropriate alternative to the cancellation of their registrations, pointing to the auditors' relevant non-SMSF experience and personal circumstances to justify the move. Since July 2013, the SIS Act has required all SMSF auditors to be registered with ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... reopening of their economies, especially for businesses, such as restaurants and bars, providing services that entail personal interactions; and some high-frequency indicators that pointed to a deceleration in economic activity. "Substantial fiscal policy ...

ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... agencies responsible for the National Indigenous Consumer Strategy and reveals the costly effects of consumers giving out personal details over the phone and email. There were 2767 scam reports from Indigenous consumers to the ACCC's Scamwatch in 2019 ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... "Pretty much every scam we see now, the scammers are not only trying to get people's money but they're trying to get their personal details," Rickard said. And, while there have always been superannuation scams, Rickard said the kinds of super scams ...

Financial services workers content with pandemic changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... transformation and finding ways to do more with less." More than 58% of respondents want their employer to prioritise personal hygiene followed by office hygiene at 49% and more flexible work schedules at 48%. More than 75% of workers think it's very ...

ATO clarifies part disposal rules: DomaCom

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... contribution. DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said: "The ability for retirees to help themselves by modifying their personal balance sheets and moving some of their financial resources tied up in their home to their super will enable them to ...

Ponzi scheme allegations levelled at Mayfair 101

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... leading to the appointment of receivers to IPO Wealth Entities. The documents also provided some insight into Mawhinney's personal financial situation. According to an affidavit provided to ASIC lawyers, he holds a bank account in Monaco but claims that ...

Mayfair 101 in damage control

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Embattled Mayfair 101 has attempted to set the record straight, hitting out at claims chief executive James Mawhinney may attempt to flee the country and at Vasco Trustees over its handling of the IPO Wealth Fund. ASIC asked the Federal Court last week ...