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Hostplus ups fees on socially responsible option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... members' accounts overall," Hostplus said. In the year to June 30, the option achieved a return of 7.85%. Its return target is rather conservative at CPI plus 3% over 20 years. The fund said new investments are also a factor. "In our commitment to ...

QAR final response winds clock back, says FAAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... legislation as it is currently drafted will have much impact on reducing unnecessary processes, paperwork, and compliance steps. "Rather than fixing the red tape to get consumer costs down, the government appears to be handing back to institutions the ...

Nomura offshoot fined by ASIC disciplinary panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... between 1 January 2021 and 11 October 2022, the BLX crossing system was incorrectly referencing the ASX best bid and offer, rather than the National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO). During this period, 3093 trades - valued at about $13.5 million - matched ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... looking for an adviser to 'hand them off' to other experts, nor do they expect their adviser to 'know it all'," it said. "Rather, they look to their adviser to be the connector or facilitator, coordinating access to specialists with deep expertise in ...

Payday super timing, deliberate: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... get on board with the new framework. "I'd suspect super funds would be very happy if it was even earlier, maybe 2025 rather than 2026," he commented. He concurred that employees should also have sufficient time. "I don't know enough about payroll ...

Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... existing three-pillar system," said Gale. "People are also often after some general guidance about retirement planning rather than comprehensive financial advice, which can be hard to get and expensive. A help guidance and advice framework would make ...

Responsible investment key to wealth transfer conversation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... investment into the value proposition are seeing that tangible benefits from that and that's the key takeout for us. Rather than just reacting and responding to intergenerational wealth transfers, it should be about inviting conversations and proactively ...

'Should have known better': AAT tells auditor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... "did not apply to SMSFs because the relevant provisions appear on their face to be directed to members of an audit team rather than individual auditors." Documents show she also "suggested in cross-examination that her misunderstanding was compounded ...

Buffett outlines plans for Berkshire Hathaway

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... disposition of his assets will be an open book. "No "imaginative" trusts or foreign entities to avoid public scrutiny but rather a simple will available for inspection at the Douglas County Courthouse," he said. In May, Buffett named Berkshire vice chair ...

ASX calls time on mFund settlement service

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... previously suggested that mFunds struggle to capture capital wasn't indicative of an inherent flaw in the service, rather it's a reflection of the astounding success of the ETP market. "It's not like we have people at our doorstep criticising ...