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Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
The Labor Party is calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to finally put an end to the war on superannuation waged by government backbenchers, in an effort to ensure Australia rebounds from COVID-19 "faster and better". Financial Standard has obtained ...

Super fund to remediate members

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... for comment on the total amount, number of members affected, duration of the discrepancy or the fund's solution to safeguard against similar future occurrences. REI Super had $1.6 billion in funds under management at end of last financial year.

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... quality bias, while it is underweight European and Japanese equities due to the limited abilities of local economies to safeguard against the economic shock of the pandemic. The Institute said it prefers credit to equities on both a tactical and strategic ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was both a curse and a blessing (for lack of a better word) for China's Politburo. Social restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the powers-that-be to contain the virus sent the economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... to check how CCI products provide value to consumers and ensure ongoing public transparency," the watchdog said. To safeguard consumers, ASIC has banned "cold-call" telephone sales of consumer credit insurance, worked with industry to incorporate a four-day ...

South Australian wealth firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
An Adelaide wealth advisory and accounting practice has acquired a private wealth firm that was named the Financial Planning Association of Australia's Professional Practice of the Year in 2018. Perks is expanding its Perks Private Wealth business after ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... is very little government's are able to do to continue to provide the support required to keep them afloat." To safeguard wealth in the challenging months ahead, Lucas recommends investors build a diversified portfolio. "From my perspective, diversifying ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... various stimulus measures that will be in place once the JobKeeper package ends. These will need to boost the economy and safeguard it from future pandemics, they said. Morley and Holden argued these should include improving the national broadband network ...

SMSF auditors come under fire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The corporate watchdog has disqualified, suspended and added additional conditions to six different self-managed super fund auditors as it works to ensure the industry meets competency and expertise standards. Auditors from around the country suffered ...

Janus Henderson AGM to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Janus Henderson has announced its Annual General Meeting will go ahead in Denver, Colorado, as the terms of its governing documents prevent a virtual-only meeting. Still, no shareholders may attend. The global asset manager announced the changes to ...