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FAAA calls on ATO to provide clarity over advice fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... advisers are providing advice to clients with pre-existing investments to enable a broader set of scenarios where a deduction may be available. The call is part of the FAAA's submission in response to Draft Taxation Determination TD 2023/D4, prepared ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... would be a fair and simple way to determine participant co-contributions for aged care services... For non-pensioners, there may be an opportunity for additional differential means testing arrangements based on Commonwealth Seniors Health Card status." ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Employment Hero. Hostplus is also worried that WMPs will negatively influence employees post-onboarding. "There is a risk that WMPs may seek to advertise superannuation products once an employee has already been onboarded - for example, to prompt an ...

Philip Lowe joins LIC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... independent director. He is also set to become chair following FGX's annual general meeting that's to take place in May. Lowe told a media conference this morning that he is "incredibly proud to be joining the board." "I think the Future Generation ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... will be determined by a formula based on the pre-tax net tangible assets of both companies. Alternatively, QVE shareholders may choose to receive cash for their shares at a 2.5% discount. QVE shareholders will likely be given the opportunity to vote ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler recently highlighted, while new technologies often generate buzz, they may also give rise to false claims, possibly presaging a proliferation of AI washing - mispresenting the extent to which a product ...

Pendal shutters costly equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... including Australian listed property securities and convertible preference shares that offer above average income returns and may also hold cash and may use derivatives, Morningstar's analysis read. Minimum investment amount was $500,000. Portfolio manager ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... government announced last week it would pay super on paid parental leave for government workers if it wins the next election in May next year. The initiative will standardise access to superannuation on unpaid parental leave across the WA public sector ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
The cost-of-living crisis has the potential to threaten women's financial security in retirement, but there are overlooked yet effective strategies they can undertake to help conquer the obstinate gender superannuation gap. A new survey from Finder ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... classes. He certainly won't be forgetting where he's come from, though. "If I can do something positive at the high schools I may work with, it will be to help reset the way we talk about financial literacy," Dunnin said. "Almost everything I've heard ...