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SMSFs primed for best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... strategic decisions and discretionary spending. "Given that members of an SMSF are also the trustees there is a strong incentive already for trustees to act in their own financial best interest," Burgess said. The Minister for Superannuation, Financial ...

Wage subsidy needed for new entrants: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... financial advice practices are small businesses who are currently under tremendous financial strain, however with the right incentive, they could grow their businesses and provide valuable employment opportunities to students after many years of study ...

ASIC unveils school banking program review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
School banking programs are marketed as a force for good in the community, targeting vulnerable customers in young children who don't end up improving their financial management behaviour, ASIC's two-year review found. After engaging nearly ...

Senior appointments at HLB Mann Judd

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
HLB Mann Judd has made several director appointments in its Adelaide and Sydney offices, including a new tax director in the South Australian firm. Peter Wirtz will take on the position of tax director in Adelaide, an appointment which HLB Mann Judd ...

We've done our part, now it's your turn: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe was forced to remind the Standing Committee on Economics that the RBA is not solely responsible for economic recovery and the federal government also needs to pitch in. Lowe explained that while the ...

Pinnacle executive director steps back

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... and the partnered boutique's boards on which he currently sits. In the transition, he will no longer be eligible for incentive plans, and will take home a fixed remuneration of $195,000 per year. He will also repay by 2020 the PNI-extended loans to participate ...

Dollarmites faces more backlash

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
Commonwealth Bank's lucrative Dollarmites program has taken another blow as Victorian schools have banned such programs in favour of financial lessons. Dollarmites came under fire in 2018 when ASIC began a review into school banking programs. In its ...

Lendlease CFO leaves for competitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
An $11 billion market cap property giant has hired Lendlease's chief financial officer as its next chief executive and managing director. Stockland has named Tarun Gupta to the role, effective 1 June 2021. Gupta succeed Mark Steinert who has held the ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
One in five Australians who received the JobKeeper payment would not have stayed employed this year without it, according to a research paper from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Morrison government announced a series of fiscal measures at ...

Business tax expanded to big corporates

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... the government will also allow businesses to opt-out of temporary full expensing and the backing business investment incentive on an asset-by-asset basis. "This change will provide businesses with more flexibility in respect of these measures, removing ...