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Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... Burgess outlined that the association believes using a member's total super balance to calculate earnings is neither simple nor fair. "By definition, a member's total super balance includes unrealised gains and a growing list of items that will need ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... the youngest eligible child from eight to 14. Aged care workers: The government will make good on a recommendation from the Fair Work Commission to increase award wages of over 250,000 workers in the aged care sector by 15%. Defence personnel: The government ...

AFCA appoints lead ombudsman, investments and advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... systems and processes to deliver an even better dispute resolution service that is transparent, timely, efficient and above all fair," he said. Last month, AFCA's chief executive and chief ombudsman David Locke was reappointed to the role, and will serve ...

Courtenay House affiliate faces prison

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... action to freeze assets, assisted liquidators and is now seeing justice for investors through the criminal court." To ensure a fair and strong financial system, and to protect consumers, financial services businesses need to be licensed, Court said. ...

abrdn chief economist rejoins Reserve Bank

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... the Washington DC think tank The Institute of International Finance and a senior economist at the OECD. "It is more than fair to say that I wouldn't be the economist I am today without the guidance and mentoring of the senior staff I worked under ...

Economic stimulus unlikely in budget: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
While the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is focused on cooling inflation, it's unlikely the May budget will look to boost the economy, Commonwealth Bank's Gareth Aird tells Financial Standard. Some were stumped this week after the RBA sent ...

Ord Minnett cops $888k fine over buyback

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... would receive the same outcome as if the shares had sold at $1 each. It said this meant the market from AWN shares was not fair and orderly. ASIC said Ord Minnett broke listing rules as it knew the trades were pre-arranged; it didn't undertake the trades ...

Payday super to boost retirement savings for millions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
From 1 July 2026 employers will be required to pay their employees' super at the same time as their salary and wages. By transitioning to payday super, the government aims to tackle the average annual $4.7 billion of unpaid super. Unpaid super has ...

Eildon rebuffs takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... finalises. In response to the takeover, Eildon appointed Grant Thornton Corporate Finance to assess whether the offer is "fair and reasonable to the group's securityholders". CVC announced on Monday that it was divesting a 19.9% stake in Eildon to free ...

High Court rejects Mayfair 101 plea

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney has seen his High Court appeal rejected, allowing ASIC's case against him to be retried in the Federal Court. In October 2022, the Full Federal Court ordered a retrial after it found ASIC's original case against Mawhinney ...