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Dividends to be down in FY25: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... experiencing weakening rates of growth as its property sector shows "scant signs of life" and consumer confidence remains poor. "Recent monetary and fiscal support measures look to us to fall short of what is required to meaningfully revive demand," ...

Inconsistencies abound in Future Fund mandate change: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... are holding back additional development rest largely on the supply side, with high materials costs, a lack of workers, and poor construction sector productivity," Deloitte said. "Like anyone balancing both risk and return, the Future Fund invests in ...

$3m super tax faces uncertain future

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
The SMSF Association (SMSFA) has welcomed reports the government's $3 million superannuation tax, which was expected to come into effect 1 July 2025, could be shelved until after the next federal election. SMSFA chief executive Peter Burgess said the ...

Adviser suspended over wrongful use of ROAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... based his advice on any enquiries about the clients' circumstances. "Ultimately, record keeping on all three client files was poor. Details of advice processes, if undertaken, could not be substantiated," the FSCP said. "The Sitting Panel found that ...

Australians satisfied with super performance: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... Australians are satisfied with the returns their super fund is delivering, with only 6% deeming their fund's performance poor. Surveying 1500 adults across all age groups, genders, geographical location, and education band, ASFA found close to two-thirds ...

ASIC flags 'consistently weak' claims processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... draw down the necessary data without significant manual work. "Even then, the data initially provided to us was generally of poor quality," ASIC said. "Some trustees were unable to track end-to-end claims handling times because they could not access ...

Platinum exec pay hit with second strike

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... Perpetual shareholders voted against adopting the remuneration report, hitting the active fund manager with its first strike amid poor performance and drooping funds under management.

'No alternative': ESSSuper sues Iress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... and $7.8 million the previous year. ESSSuper has copped a beating in its Google reviews in the last two years, with many poor reviews citing the administrative issues, disruptions and delays in accessing their money, including call wait times exceeding ...

Gap exists between licensees' AI use and governance processes: ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... deployed," Longo added. ASIC said it will continue to rigorously monitor the use of AI by financial firms and address any "poor uses" of AI a key focus area in its latest Corporate Plan. It will take enforcement action if appropriate and where necess ...

Advisers share winning intergenerational wealth strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... being the person who can actually do it, rather than saying, 'You need to do that, please go there,' knowing people are time-poor. If we don't become efficient and capable, the outcome won't change-it will just be, 'Yes, we will look into it'," Mann ...