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AFCA names two lead ombudsmen

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed two lead ombudsmen for insurance and small business, hiring from ASIC and Westpac. Emma Curtis has been appointed as lead ombudsman, insurance and Suanne Russell joined as lead ombudsman ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
A panel of policy, research and economics experts at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds offered their view of the COVID-19 recovery, revealing how the pandemic changed economies. AlphaBeta Australia managing director Amit Singh referred to ...

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... tenure, AFCA received over 188,000 disputes with over $522 million being paid in compensation to consumers and small business owners.

Advice practices set to benefit from tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Small business owners, like financial planners, are set to benefit from the 30% tax rate reducing to 25% from 1 July 2021. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg also announced last night that temporary full expensing has been extended until 30 June 2023. ...

Key Treasury initiatives outlined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... support the delivery of its priorities. These include Treasury's engagement with key agencies like ASIC and the Small Business Ombudsman ($49m) and the continued operation of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority until December 31 ($2. ...

What to expect from the budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Ahead of the federal budget tonight, there is already some good news for the superannuation sector and small businesses. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has released details about a few initiatives that will be included in the budget. The government will ...

Government launches digital economy strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... scale," El-Ansary said. The government is also committing $12.7 million to expand the Digital Solutions - Australian Small Business Advisory Service, and $15.3 million to drive business uptake of e-Invoicing for small and medium businesses. In addition ...

ANZ profits up 45%, dividends double

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... the improving economic outlook over the course of the half, as well as some loan volume reductions. Home loan and small business consumers have also behaved prudently by building savings buffers through the half," ANZ said in May 5 filings. "The low ...

O'Dwyer joins Barrenjoey

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... to minister for jobs and industrial relations. O'Dwyer was also previously minister for women and minister for small business. Barrenjoey's general counsel Annette Spencer has joined the board. Spencer was previously general counsel at UBS prior to joining ...

Xero makes Swedish acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
Xero has acquired a Sweden-based e-invoicing technology provider for around $23 million. Tickstar is an e-invoicing infrastructure business that allows organisations such as Xero and its customers connect to a global e-invoicing network. Xero said the ...