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Labor proposes changes to ancillary funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... strategy, if necessary, in response to the new rate," the paper read. A giving fund is also known as an ancillary fund under tax law and is a trust set up and maintained solely for the purpose of providing money, property or benefits to deductible gift ...

MAX Awards honour best of the best

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
More than 350 industry professionals turned out for Financial Standard 's night of nights, honouring the best and brightest in advertising, marketing and sales. The annual Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence (MAX) Awards ...

ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Australian exchange-traded fund start-up ETF Shares will accelerate its push into the local market following the appointment of Will Taylor as chief operating officer. Taylor, who landed from Global X, will report to chief executive Cliff Man and oversee ...

Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... International Fiscal Association (IFA Australia), formerly a member of the Tax Advisory Board of the University of Melbourne Law Faculty and a visiting Fellow in its Master of Laws Tax Program. Antonie said he is an accomplished leader with extensive ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... 12-basis-point reduction in costs applied to $1.6 trillion (£800bn) in managed assets by 2030. The pension consolidation will become law through the Pension Schemes Bill, expected to be introduced this summer. The deadline for local government pension ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... with a presentation on sustainability reporting disclosure requirements - particularly on climate reporting. Last year, the law mandating climate reporting disclosures was passed. O'Rourke called it a once-in-a-generation change to financial reporting ...

Large penalties against super funds are appropriate: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... of $140 million. ASIC later told the Senate Economics Committee it did not seek a higher penalty, in part, because there is law prohibiting penalties being paid directly from member funds. However, Constant said ASIC is doing its job in taking funds ...

QSuper settles $67m class action

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
QSuper, which merged with Sunsuper to create Australian Retirement Trust (ART), Australia's second-largest super fund, has reached a $67 million out-of-court settlement over claims members were overcharged for life insurance premiums. The settlement ...

ASIC tells super: 'You have everything you need to not fail'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... where serious failures are identified, ASIC won't hesitate to take serious action. "We need to do our job, and our job by law is to bring full force and effect for the law. It's literally written into our act," Constant said. "Where it's warranted ...

Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Australia's laggard construction productivity and deepening housing crisis have been made worse by the small businesses that dominate the sector, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says. While several factors have contributed ...