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KPMG recommends gender-focused super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... for a budgetary cost of $45,500. KPMG Australia head of superannuation Linda Elkins said: "Not only would KPMG's proposal properly recognise and value the role home carers play - and help close the gender superannuation gap, given most of them are ...

ASX provides clarity on CHESS replacement

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
... process has been undertaken to down-select to a shorter list of product vendors who have now responded to a request for proposal (RFP)," the ASX said. "ASX is currently in the process of assessing the respective proposals." Separately, ASX said it issued ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... anti-hawking laws will have on superannuation funds' ability to provide financial advice amid the federal government's proposal to open advice to other channels. Anthony Asher, an associate professor at UNSW Business School, said it would be ...

SMSFs brace for more reforms: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... argue the intention is to try to start limiting the size of super balances in order to raise tax revenue, this particular proposal in its current form has a number of fundamental flaws - specifically, the taxation of the movement in the market value ...

URF investors reject K2 as RE

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... it was open to alternative proposals. "Further analysis would need to be completed with regards to any internalisation proposal. There would be costs involved in internalising the RE function which would be payable by the Fund, and there are regulatory ...

BlackRock files for bitcoin ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
BlackRock's iShares has filed paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to develop a spot bitcoin ETF. The iShares Bitcoin Trust will seek to mirror the performance of bitcoin's price before the payment of expenses and liabilities. ...

SMSF advisers navigate new regulation: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... balance cap as having the greatest impact, however investors themselves are actually more concerned with the $3 million cap proposal." The report also revealed the proportion of financial advisers providing SMSF advice continues to rise. It now sits ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The federal government will scrap a load of administrative burdens and give superannuation funds a larger role in making financial advice more affordable as it announces which out of the 22 Quality of Advice Review recommendations will become a reality ...

Senate Committee rethinks franking credit changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... Senator Andrew Bragg raised the alarm over how the proposed changes might damage investment levels in Australia. "The proposal is bad for small and medium business, bad for entrepreneurs and bad for investors," Bragg said. "Companies will be forced to ...

HESTA pushes for gig worker super entitlements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... that all workers benefit fairly and equitably from our world-class retirement savings system," she said. As part of its proposal, HESTA made three recommendations aimed at addressing the challenges faced by gig workers. Firstly, the proposed legislation ...