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Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... headways during the COVID-19 crisis, yet despite the improvement they still don't make the top 10. Surveying 1250 Australians in relation to 31 banks, the Australian Banking Brand and Trust index found that trust in only nine of the banks did not improve ...

Government delays RC implementation timeline

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... paramount, especially while administering over $9 billion in early release of super payments to more than 1 million Australians." Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori said the FPA welcomed the clarity the decision ...

ISA, ME Bank issued please explain

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... committee Tim Wilson called ISA's calculations "dubious" and said he will be looking for an explanation later this week. "Australians trust superannuation funds with significant savings, they hold a fair expectation that funds will provide accurate information ...

Insurer invokes financial hardship policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... regulator said it is committed to working constructively and pragmatically with general and life insurers to help Australians affected by the pandemic to recover, and to aid the general functioning of the economy. "ASIC expects insurers to handle insurance ...

FASEA extension to pass next week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... media, confirmation of the extension was welcomed by those listening. "In these challenging days it is critical that Australians are able to access quality financial advice," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said ahead of the webinar. "COVID-19 has ...

ERS paused as AFP investigates fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... undertake a further review, just to make sure there's nothing more that the ATO can do to help tax payers and to help Australians keep their identity, keep themselves, to the greatest extent possible free from some of these fraudulent activities that ...

Link feels impact of COVID-19

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
The early release of super scheme has seen more than 5% of the accounts Link Group administers close. It comes as the group rolls out optional pay cuts to its leadership team. In a presentation to the Macquarie Australian Investors Conference yesterday ...

Frontline worker death nominations spike

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... cigarettes a day." Cameron said the data was released to coincide with the launch of a new IOUaHug campaign, urging Australians to go out to the nation's three million essential workers with a virtual hug. "Our super funds felt it was important to ...

Darwinian time for super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... superannuation in many respects," Watson told the panel. While Watson is unsure of how many super funds may end up serving Australians over the next decade, he told the panel he has "no doubt" mergers will occur, and at an accelerated rate, as the shift ...

New Future Fund chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... in the role until then. "I am honoured to have this opportunity. Investing for the benefit of future generations of Australians, the way we strengthen the government's long-term financial position and the support our investment activity provides to areas ...