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SG rise a bad idea: Chartered Accountants

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... should be keeping people who have them in jobs and helping the unemployed get new ones." He added that the Retirement Income Review demonstrated that increases in employee superannuation contributions often correlated to a slowing of any potential increases ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... profits, lifting business confidence, raising employment, buoying consumer confidence... Further, the Australian Financial Review ( AFR ) reports that: "More than 2.1 million workers have left the JobKeeper wage assistance scheme, which Treasurer Josh ...

Aussie super funds and Biden's US infra push

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... which it sees as "existential threats". Some of Biden's first executive orders as soon as he came to power were to review oil and gas drilling on federal land, implement new environment regulations, and reverse Trump's previous measures. Biden ...

Banks return $1.2bn for bad advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... due to fees for no service misconduct or non-compliant advice. AMP, ANZ, CBA, Macquarie, NAB and Westpac undertook the review and remediation programs to compensate affected customers as a result of two major ASIC reviews. The reviews were launched by ...

Age pension spending to rise: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... needing to hike taxes to meet the potential bulging pension burden. "Figures from the government's own Retirement Income Review reveal ditching the increase would leave all income groups with lower lifetime disposable incomes," it said. "A plan to make ...

AMP Capital still being dressed up for sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... Ferrari revealed Atkin will be deputy chief executive until the middle of the year, giving AMP time to conclude the portfolio review and consider the sale of AMP Capital. AMP Capital's assets under management were down 7% year on year, performance ...

BetaShares to launch new fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... commence trading on the ASX at the end of February 2021. The launch of the new fund comes as the BetaShares Australian ETF Review for the calendar year end 2020 revealed the i ndustry grew to $95.2 billion, up from $62 billion at the start of the year. ...

Ares backs out of AMP bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... detailed discussions. AMP said it remains in discussions with Ares in relation to AMP Capital as part of its portfolio review. "AMP continues to review options for maximising the ability to grow and invest in AMP Capital including exploring partnership ...

ASIC imposes licence conditions on Poynter Hargraves

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... and related obligations." The additional licence conditions require Poynter Hargraves to engage an independent expert to review its audit process, making recommendations about how the firm's auditing and conflict management systems could be improved. ...

ASFA calls for super fairness

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... million to balance the system. In its pre-budget submission, ASFA focused its recommendations on the Retirement Income Review (RIR) and noted that while the superannuation is system is well-designed it has concerns about the fairness of the system. ASFA ...