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Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... Council and an economist and former Partner at Deloitte Access Economics. Hutley calculated that just 0.3% of total expenditure for 2021-2024 has been committed to climate change initiatives, falling even lower, to just 0.2% in 2024-2026. She said much ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... estimates for past events - which for this budget includes the flooding. However, the cost of a disaster and timing of expenditure is subject to change. The government said for the recent flooding, much of the support provided has not yet been forecast. ...

Plans to remedy NALI, NALE issues welcomed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... 2022, this will only apply for parties who are seen to have made a reasonable attempt to determine an arm's length expenditure amount for services provided to the fund. Burgess said: "It is unclear what a 'reasonable attempt' means and how this should ...

Funds need retirement income strategy by July

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... providing a range of assistance to members, such as developing specific drawdown patterns, providing budgeting tools or expenditure calculators, providing factual information about key retirement topics, and providing forecasts to beneficiaries during ...

Charter Hall snags another Bunnings

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... and the largest on the NSW South Coast. The property is a near new, full format warehouse, offering limited capital expenditure over the remaining 11-year lease term. Charter Hall Direct chief executive Steven Bennett said that the acquisition of Bunnings ...

APRA to continue scrutiny of trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... also be reviewed this year in 2022, with the aim of strengthening business planning practices and ensuring rigorous expenditure management. It will identify possible enhancements, to ensure RSE licensees remain focused on improving outcomes for members ...

Investors dig deeper for alternative assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... government-led pro-growth policies. Examples of support include significant tax offsets for research and development expenditure and targeted multibillion-dollar initiatives to help manufacturers scale up operations. "Occupier demand in select cities ...

EISS Super finds merger partner in Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... conditions being that it must merge with a larger fund by the middle of 2022. It was also told it must also adopt better expenditure processes and greater board oversight of expenditure and review its expenditure and cease sponsorship arrangements and ...

APRA moves to force EISS Super merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... including that it must merge with a larger fund by the middle of next year. The move follows APRA's investigation into expenditure and governance matters, the regulator said. It also follows the fund's failure of the inaugural Your Future, Your ...

No proof of member benefit: APRA on super fund spends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
APRA has found instances of expenditure by superannuation funds that does not meet the best financial interests of members, including sponsorship deals and advertising spends with no evidence of member benefit. Releasing its review of RSE licensee marketing ...