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Martin Fahy to step down as ASFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... it through a transformational and turbulent period in the sector. "... including the Protecting Your Super reforms, the COVID-19 early release scheme, the introduction of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance measures, and the legislated move ...

BlackRock orders staff four days in office

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... employees' health at risk. NAB staff were forced to attend the office up to two to three a week, despite raising concerns about Covid-19 safety measures, FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said. "Westpac staff say they don't know how to apply to ...

Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... institutions and an effective policy framework. "... which facilitated nearly 30 consecutive years of economic growth before the Covid-19 pandemic and continues to support resilient growth outcomes amid global shocks," it said. "The recent outperformance ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... managers are set at a relatively ambitious level," Morningstar said. "This certainly appeared the case in the lead up to the COVID-19 pandemic when credit spreads were tight, and both bond yields and fixed-income market volatility were low. However ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received close to 1500 complaints about superannuation funds over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Releasing data now that the World Health Organisation has declared the pandemic over, AFCA said it received in ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, S&P Global warns fintechs not to expect the amount of capital that flooded in before COVID-19. Worn said the issues facing startups in the advice tech sector are no different to what is happening broadly in the technology ...

SMSFs weather market storms: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... Zurbruegg said the results show that overall financial performance of the SMSF sector remains robust, weathering the 2020 COVID-induced market storm relatively better than the APRA fund sector. "Our analysis also continues to highlight how SMSFs benefit ...

AFCA chief to serve second term

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... Pollaers said. "He has also led the organisation through a period of significant growth in complaints as a result of the COVID pandemic, natural disasters and scams." Locke said he is honoured to have been invited to stay on. "AFCA plays a very important ...

Investor education combats emotions: Experts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... mentality can come into play. "A lot of emotionally driven decisions made are based on factors that you can't predict; think Covid, the Ukraine war, more recently the collapse of Credit Suisse, you can't predict that. Unless you go through these things ...

Australians want super safeguard: ISA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
... governments repeating disasters like the early release of super scheme - which is proving to be a type of economic long Covid, causing super balances to dwindle and heaping further pressure on the age pension," added Dean. "Politicians that want to bust ...