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Former adviser charged over fabricated information

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... Wealth and Libertas Financial Planning, was charged with 16 offences related to fabricating evidence with hopes ASIC would stop looking into him. Ezzat Daniel Nesseim was a financial adviser from August 2006 to March 2018. During that time, he was an ...

ASIC takes action against Rest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... declaration from their employer - if the employer was willing to contribute to another fund - stating either the date they'd stop contributing or confirming the member's 'choice of fund rights'. This representation was apparently made ...

Senator calls for super funds to stop shorting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... directly. AustralianSuper clarified that it sticks with long-only strategies. "I urge all other superannuation fund managers to stop shorting shares. I am lobbying the Treasurer on this. I think shorting is a heinous practice. Fund managers have a fiduciary ...

ATO begins stimulus fraud convictions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... mistakes. "However, as this case demonstrates, where people deliberately seek to exploit the stimulus measures, we will put a stop to it and apply the full force of the law," Day said. As at February 16, $84 billion in JobKeeper payments have been made ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... accounting for 40% of all direct investments. "Declaring a climate emergency may garner good headlines but too often it seems to stop there. Councils can't make a bold claim about saving the planet while continuing to invest in fossil fuels," Friend ...

ATO targets SMSF fraud

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is focusing attention on new SMSFs registrations after identifying illegal release of super. Speaking at the SMSFA National Conference assistant commissioner Justin Micale said results of its 'secure front door program' ...

Big super locking Aussies out of homes: Wilson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... Dean told Financial Standard the comments are ill-informed. "The scary thing about Mr Wilson's hare-brained scheme to stop super funds investing in affordable housing is that it could become a reality if the parliament passes the Your Future, Your ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... -- to the equity markets. But so far, investors appear to be heeding the quote from the 1984 hit movie Starman. "Red light stop, green light go, yellow light go very fast."

Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... end of 2020 and despite the roll-out of vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic (and now its variants) remain with us, triggering stop-and-go snap lockdowns in most countries. The lingering uncertainty provides fodder for a bearish narrative for the year 2021. ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... given his nod to not keeping JobKeeper: "Given the recovery of the economy, I can understand why the government wants to stop that program." Whaddyathink?