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Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... engage with the government and regulators more effectively. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said the initiative will help regulators avoid duplication, build shared strategic priorities, and focus on how to best ...

HESTA names head of investment execution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... HESTA's investment capabilities and delivering the best financial returns for members." HESTA chief operating officer Stephen Reilly said the appointment reflects the importance of enhancing HESTA's investment operating platform for current and ...

UniSuper, ISPT acquire commercial property at Western Sydney Airport

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
UniSuper and ISPT have jointly acquired a 280-hectare greenfield logistics development site, Burra Park, situated near the entrance of the new Western Sydney International Airport. The industry fund and property fund manager plan to develop Burra Park ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... redress and compensation. Bloch, who was independently appointed by assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, will serve in the role for an initial term of three years. She will be joining recently appointed board members ...

Super funds convene with assistant treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
Representatives from the Super Members Council (SMC) met with assistant treasurer Stephen Jones to explore strategies for bolstering customer service. Industry super funds, in collaboration with the SMC, initiated a roundtable discussion last week with ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... they have not historically done it," she told last week's SMSF Association Conference. Last year, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said that superannuation's highly regulated framework makes it the ideal context to make advice more accessible ...

New life insurance regulations rolled out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has issued life insurance regulations that aim to modernise the legislative framework. The Life Insurance Regulations 2024 establishes a threshold for annuities, dictating that the ...

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... there are some five million SMSF members who have unmet advice needs that they can tend to. Last year, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones revealed the first two tranches of the QAR reforms. The second phase proposes opening financial advice to banks ...

UniSuper buys up Deer Park site

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
UniSuper has acquired a $260 million warehouse, logistics and manufacturing development site that will target a 5-Star NABERS energy rating upon completion. The auction of surplus land from Orica in Deer Park, Melbourne has the potential to accommodate ...

SMSF scammers charged with criminal offences

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... acted against nine SMSF auditors in the last quarter of 2023. The actions included disqualification of five auditors - Stephen Bray, Kerpal Harnam, Terence Murphy, Johann Preller, and David Sidhu. ASIC has now placed them on its public banned and disqualified ...