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More businesses fold, unpaid super recovery measure to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... insolvencies spike, workers will soon be able to claim unpaid superannuation owed to them by defunct employers under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) Recovery Program. From 1 July 2024, staff who worked for employers that are in liquidation or bankruptcy ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of XTrade

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of retail over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer XTrade. XTrade offered clients opportunities to trade in contracts for difference ...

Inflation debate: Older Australians accused of driving crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... increase their spending because they have more money because a higher inflation rate works for them," he said. "How is that fair or just or equitable?" Bullock reinforced that monetary policy only has one lever, being the interest rate. "We use it to ...

ASIC tells super funds to 'step it up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... they put good outcomes for members at the heart of everything they do," she said. "Members need confidence in efficient and fair service delivery to support them participating in a full and confident retirement. Too often though, at the moment, trustees ...

AFCA to expel Dixon Advisory

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... estimates," she said. "Ending the membership of Dixons as proposed, effective on 30 June 2024, represents an appropriate and fair outcome for consumers, providing them with ample time to lodge a claim, as well as recognising that the profession is funding ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... supply side instead of pulling on the demand lever, especially for first homeowners. "It doesn't work and it's not fair." Delahunty added that she feels "our generation has done a disservice to the youth," lamenting that we're now having ...

Social media influencers charged for promoting shady investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... Westminster Magistrates' Court on June 13. Earlier this year, the FCA clarified that all financial promotions must be fair, clear, and not misleading across all advertising channels, including social media. The regulator said that promotions should ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... Australia's female-dominated workforces in aged care and early education - expected to flow from imminent decisions in the Fair Work Commission - will help tackle gender inequity at retirement," she said. Tax cuts From 1 July 2024, all 13.6 million taxpayers ...

Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... The government will strengthen the foreign resident capital gains tax (CGT) regime to ensure foreign residents pay their "fair share" of tax in Australia and to provide greater certainty about the operation of the rules. The amendments will apply to ...

Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... premiums) for up to five years. Aged care workers will also receive a wages boost. The government has committed to funding the Fair Work Commission decision to increase award wages for aged care workers. This is on top of $11.3 billion already allocated ...