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Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... Retirement Trust (ART) to adopt a four-day work week. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said the union has outlined a proposal for the company to offer employees a shorter working week. "There is a global trend toward acceptance of a shorter working ...

Spotlight shines brighter on climate reporting: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Asset owners must be mindful of increasing regulatory and legislative pressures that will soon sharpen their ability to provide quality and accurate climate disclosure reports, according to an expert. FS Sustainability managing editor Rachel Alembakis ...

E&P Investments hunts new RE

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... range of factors including suitable qualifications and experience as well as competitive fees and will only put forward a proposal to unitholders if it's in members' best interests. The move follows on from E&P Financial Group's decision to wind up the ...

Advice complaints decelerate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... Quality of Advice Review : If there's no documentation, how will AFCA assess at the dispute? "As I understand it, the proposal is that you don't necessarily need to provide the documentation unless there's a request for it later on," he said. ...

QAR does not "trash" FoFA: Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... redefining the Best Interest Duty (BID) and removing Safe Harbour steps should also be prioritised. The original QAR proposal suggested removing the legislated BID however after much industry feedback Michelle Levy amended her final report to recommend ...

Unindexed cap forecast to impact 500k people

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... superannuation balance of $1.4 million would reach the $3 million threshold by the time they retire at age 65. Commenting on the proposal, Plato Investment Management explained not indexing the cap is an "enormous flaw." "It is perplexing the Treasurer ...

FPA and AFA set to merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... work starts now" as AFA members transition to the merged entity. "There has been a great deal of work going on since the proposal was first put forward, and we are now in a strong position to move ahead with formally establishing the merged association," ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Loosening financial advice regulation under the Quality of Advice Review proposals would highly benefit superannuation fund members, but many are convinced that this only works in theory. The Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy stuck to her ...

Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... Association of Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants and the SMSF Association have said they support the policy proposal of allowing victims of child sexual abuse to access compensation by way of their offender's superannuation savings if other ...

Ending the super wars: Government acts to legislate an objective

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... cent less superannuation than men." But, looking ahead, Briggs emphasised the need for a thorough examination of the proposal to confirm that it sets the right framework to prevent policy changes that could erode confidence in the super system. Meanwhile ...