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Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... she was encouraged to see several of the Coalition's proposed measures aligned with the FAAA's priorities for the next federal government. These included the commitment to reforming the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), giving advisers access ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... submissions, the time has well and truly come for wider discussion about Australia's tax system," van Onselen said. "Our next federal government should announce a roadmap of how Australia will achieve meaningful tax reform. This needs to be the focus ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian fund to be wound up

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... order to freeze the assets of the First Guardian Master Fund and its responsible entity Falcon Capital last month, the Federal Court has ordered both the fund and the entity to be wound up. In response to a petition by ASIC, the court has appointed Ross ...

Trade war rattles pre-election economic outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... paper read. Treasury and the finance minister must jointly release a PEFO within 10 days of the issue of the writs for a federal election, which was on March 31. The report's purpose is to take into account all government decisions and all other factors ...

UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... Licence (AFSL). In cancelling UGC's licence, ASIC required it to remain a member of AFCA until at least May 31. The Federal Court ordered the wind up of the Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) last October. GCPF invested in large-scale property development ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... hyper-realism," Neiron said. "Uncertainty will most likely prevail in the near term, and Australia is not immune, with the federal government being put to vote in the coming quarter and interest rates appearing to be stuck in a holding pattern." Neiron ...

Court approves Caddick SMSF class action settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
The Federal Court has approved the settlement amount of $3.54 million for Melissa Caddick victims who brought a class action against auditors that failed to detect fraudulent activities in their SMSFs. Michael Chapman, a director at Mackay Chapman ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... which could potentially escalate if the universal reciprocal tariffs come into effect next week. "We don't consider the Federal Budget to offer any policies that are conducive to the RBA changing its current rate cut timeline, and our position is unchanged ...

Labor accelerates defence spending

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... invested over the forward estimates. The value of this investment is tipped to be $57.6 billion over the next 10 years, Federal Budget documents show. "In 2025-26 the government is also bringing forward $1 billion of investment to enable Defence to acquire ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... drooping housing construction sector in a bid to build more homes faster and tackle housing unaffordability. As part of the Federal Budget, Chalmers is expanding the Help to Buy program to support Australians buy homes with lower deposits and smaller ...