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RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... "It's also probable that adjustments to public sector wages policies and the upcoming Fair Work Commission ruling on new minimum and award rates would result in faster wages growth for affected workers in the period ahead." Even while measures of ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... contribution for a new dwelling will be up to 40% with a 30% offering for existing dwellings. Participants must have a minimum 2% deposit of the purchase price, with no lenders mortgage insurance required and earn a maximum gross income of $90,000 for ...

You can't have it all: Retirement income strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... For example, retiree members would benefit greatly from expenditure advice, he said, as so many choose to drawn down the minimum so as to not run out of money but are simultaneously not giving themselves enough money. "They often don't know the expenses ...

Fair Work Commission raises minimum wage 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
The Fair Work Commission has today announced a 5.2% increase to the minimum wage which will come into effect from July. The Fair Work Commission has announced that the new minimum wage will be $812.60 per week or $21.38 per hour. The commission panel ...

Super industry levies insufficiently detailed: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... on how the levy amounts for each agency related to their regulatory activities. ASFA concluded that transparency around minimum and maximum levies needed to improve. The industry body also said that while Treasury has previously acknowledged its concerns ...

ASIC helps issuers avoid greenwashing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... policy for integrating sustainability-related considerations into investment decisions and stewardship activities. At a minimum, you should give investors information about the sustainability-related considerations that you take into account, and how ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... most comprehensive international instrument on the rights of indigenous peoples. It establishes a universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples around the world. The Australian Human Rights ...

ASIC releases estimate cost recovery levies for 2021/22

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... indicative levies for the 2021/22 financial year. In its latest cost recovery implementation statement, ASIC proposed a minimum levy of $1500 plus $1142 per adviser for licensees that provide personal advice to retail clients on relevant financial products. ...

Yarra adds market neutral fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... offering is now a registered managed investment scheme open to all wholesale and retail investors in Australia, and now has a minimum investment of $10,000, previously $250,000. Under Smith's stewardship, the fund has returned 9.93% after fees since ...

Retirees doing it tough: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... softened by the 3.7% increase to the Age Pension in the year to March, as well as the $250 one-off payment in April. Reduced minimum drawdowns on account-based pensions were also introduced, but these measures simply aren't enough for many retirees ...