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Non-compete clauses come under the microscope

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Treasury has released a new consultation paper, Non-competes and other restraints: understanding the impacts on jobs, business and productivity, finding that these restrictions could have a "chilling effect" on the workforce. "The impacts of non-compete ...

Treasury mulls transfer balance credit provision reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... benefit gained. This includes some holders of life expectancy and market-linked pensions, Treasury explained. The consultation is open until April 24.

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... benefits program for its staff, saying the new policy is designed to support a more inclusive workplace. Following consultation with its employee-led DEI Committee and reviewing statistics from the Diversity Council Australia and its own survey on employee ...

Super fund expenditure to be exposed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... way superannuation fund trustees are spending and investing members' funds later this year. The move comes after a consultation with the industry in which APRA sought feedback on proposals to treat most of the data it now collects on fund expenses and ...

Wholesale investor tests up for parliamentary review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
The federal government wants to shake up the wholesale investor tests further in launching a parliamentary inquiry into the entire framework, worrying many fund managers operating in the high-net-worth space. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations ...

Treasury releases draft legislation for new $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... and complex". "This is a policy that has been rushed and has not considered any alternative design models in the consultation process," the SMSFA said. "Legislative drafting errors and deficiencies in the policy design were identified during the consultation ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... and any suggestion otherwise is false". However, in its submission to the Securing Australians' Superannuation consultation, Hostplus is pushing the federal government to impose a "blanket ban" on what it calls Workforce Management Platforms (WMP) ...

ASIC, APRA issues more FAR guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... 15 launch date. The regulators unveiled several key materials for the financial services sector, which were under consultation since last July. The outcome of the consultation has led to the release of the Financial Accountability Regime Act (Information ...

Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... invest, but we understand that this is how some industry stakeholders have viewed them." Submissions for the new consultation close April 19.

New life insurance regulations rolled out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... to October 2024 to allow for a comprehensive review. An exposure draft of the Regulations was released for public consultation, and after considering feedback, the Regulations have been implemented. The Regulations commence on 1 March 2024.