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EOFY tips for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
Financial advisers should keep in mind some valuable tax breaks for their businesses as the 2021 financial year comes to a close. H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman told Financial Standard temporary full expensing (TLE) is one tax ...

ASIC cancels BBY licence

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licence held by stockbroker BBY Limited, after suspending it in May 2015 for three years. BBY's AFSL will go until 31 March 2022 only for the purposes of giving clients access to ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... labour market stats indicate that economic growth will continue to progress going forward. Employment increased by 115,200 in May - way above consensus expectations for a 30,000 gain and more than offsetting the 30,600 lost in the previous month and ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The UK pension sector is experiencing similar pressure to that being felt by Australia's super funds, with the pensions regulator asking defined contribution (DC) funds with less than £5 billion in assets being urged to merge. In September last ...

Charter Hall exec to chair NHFIC board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation has appointed Charter Hall's Adrian Harrington as its chair, and two other members in a board renewal. The government agency, which lets private companies lend to social and affordable housing ...

Mary Manning exits Ellerston Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
Ellerston Capital's portfolio manager for Asia strategies Mary Manning has resigned, and will join another boutique. Manning was the portfolio manager of the Ellerston Asia Growth Fund, which invested in Asia ex-Japan stocks and returned 1.3% over ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The upward revision to Japan's March quarter GDP growth - to an annualised rate of 3.9% (from the preliminary estimate of 5.1%) - provides cold comfort to an economy that remains stuck in a rut and continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Hostplus, Intrust merger now official

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
The two funds have confirmed they have signed a successor fund transfer deed to chase a merger, as first revealed by Financial Standard on May 21. Hostplus and Intrust Super are targeting a completion of the merger by November 26. It is understood that ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... inflation is certainly headed higher. Headline CPI inflation accelerated from an annual rate of 1.5% in April to 2.1% in May - above the 2% target and the 1.8% rate predicted in the May Report. Likewise, core inflation quickened from 1.3% to 2.0%. But ...

Industry split on paid vaccine leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
The Finance Sector Union is petitioning for paid vaccination leave, saying employers can help ensure the community is safe from COVID-19. So, who is and who isn't on board? The FSU is calling for two days of paid leave to be offered to employees ...