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FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The peak body for financial advisers has hired a policy and advocacy manager. Financial Advice Association Australia has appointed David Barrett to the newly created role, effective 24 March 2025. Based in Sydney, Barrett reports to the general manager ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... commissioner Karte O'Rourke elaborated on the regulators expectations when speaking at the Australasia Investor Relations Association conference. O'Rourke encouraged business leaders to be open about new technologies and how they are being implemented ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... Manuell left the door open, saying the fund is open to reconsidering if "circumstances change." Australian Shareholders' Association chief executive Rachel Waterhouse told Financial Standard that shareholders are concerned about the recent changes at ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Parliament, business leaders and other stakeholders to ensure these reforms are successfully implemented by 2026." Likewise, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Mary Delahunty praised the Budget for providing cost-of-living ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has come out swinging against Treasury and its second tranche of draft Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms, saying it can't support them without "substantial change." FAAA chief executive ...

AIOFP and IFPA enter 'strategic alliance'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (IFPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enter into a "strategic alliance". IFPA board member Scott Heathwood told ...

ASIC, ASFA spar over super fund trustees 'not knowing' their business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... back-and-forth between management and the board. The board should support management - but it must also question it," he said. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty, however, said the criticism from Longo ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Despite a near 10% fall in electricity prices in the December quarter, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) data indicates the cost of maintaining a comfortable retirement has increased further over the past 12 months. The cost ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
SMSF Association (SMSFA) chief executive Peter Burgess has called out recent hawking practices that prompt people to transfer their retirement savings into a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Burgess said the sector needs to be on alert about the resurgence ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... and managing money." An often-overlooked sub-segment of the female population is migrant women. Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) found that those from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) face a retirement ...