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SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... guide the sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. Terry Pinnell, chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-op, wrote to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last week to ask him to institute the same measures for SMSF pensioners that the Rudd Government introduced during ...

UK asset manager acquires stake in retirement funder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
A UK asset manager and financial services provider has acquired a 20% stake in a local specialised retirement funder. Household Capital announced the completion of series B financing with Legal & General. Existing and new investors joined Legal & General ...

Former Toys "R" Us executives face fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Former executives of the popular children's store lined their pockets with $26 million (US$16 million) in bonuses just days before filing for bankruptcy, including a $4.2 million (US$2.6 million) bonus awarded to chief executive David Brandon. This ...

Life insurers breach own code consistently

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... code as a paper tiger and this casts doubt on the industry's ability to rebuild public trust," Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said. "I applaud the LCCC for taking these breaches seriously and for using them to identify the continuing systemic ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... space because they're newer companies and don't have the [legacy issues] of banking and mining businesses," he said. Josh Dalton, director at Dalton Financial Partners, agrees. "The biggest implication of this is that we've got a lot of clients ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... spend less, least of all thinking of borrowing even at zero interest rates. It's now up to the myopic duo of Scott and Josh to take up the RBA's offer to borrow - given very low interest rates - and spend.

Grow Super signs first admin client

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... primary business, putting it in competition with administration giants Mercer and Link. In December, Grow chief executive Josh Wilson told Financial Standard that the company was looking to divest its superannuation fund, and pivot its business towards ...

Future Fund chief to lead IFM Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
David Neal is set to jump from leading the $168 billion Future Fund to heading IFM Investors after Brett Himbury's resignation last year. Neal has been at Future Fund since its inception, starting as the chief investment officer in 2007 and then ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... Advice (FoFA) reforms banned such payments on most investment products. The consultation, which was announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, will consider the merits of this exemption granted to stock exchange-listed investment products. "Public consultation ...

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... has not been appropriately and effectively made available to improve retirement funding. Household Capital chief executive Josh Funder said: "By helping retirees to better access and responsibly use home equity for retirement funding, several important ...