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Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... Incentive program offers 5 or 10% of the home's purchase price to put toward a down payment. It also plans to introduce the Tax-Free First Home Savings Account where prospective first homebuyers can save up to CAD$40,000 tax-free towards their first ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
These are just some of the recommendations from Grattan Institute ahead of the federal budget, which also include counting more of the family home in the aged pension assets and residential aged care means tests. With Australia on course for 25 straight ...

Consumer interests prioritised in YFYS review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... Australia (SCA) director Xavier O'Halloran praised the government's YFYS review for its plan to test some of the highest-free and worst-value super products. Millions of Australians currently invest in products that haven't gone quality checks ...

Grattan finds $14bn savings in super tax break overhaul

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
... federal government can save between $5.3 billion and $7.3 billion per annum if it taxed retirement earnings (currently tax-free) at 15%, which is the current rate in the accumulation phase. Another recommendation is to limit earnings tax breaks for balances ...

Rating the rating houses: How much do advisers rely on fund research?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
As fund research plays a critical role in helping financial advisers make conflict-free product recommendations, what bearing do rating houses have in helping them meet their obligations? According to Main Street Financial Solutions principal and private ...

Pay gap bill passes, effective next year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... talking about it for decades, and still, Australian women on average earn 13.3% less than men, the equivalent of working for free from 3.56 pm in a nine-to-five workday," she said. "There's no place for this inequity in twenty-first century Australia ...

US regulator sues crypto giant, chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
Binance and its chief executive Changpeng Zhao have been charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) following claims of "willful evasion of US law." The CFTC announced it filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court against ...

The sophistication of cyber threats is increasing: O'Neil

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees' 2023 Conference of Major Superannuation Funds. You can subscribe to AIST's free newsletter here.

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees' 2023 Conference of Major Superannuation Funds. You can subscribe to AIST's free newsletter here.