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Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
More than a year on from a Treasury consultation on giving victims of child sexual abuse access to their abuser's superannuation for compensation purposes, little headway has been made. At the same time, experts say the government's proposals ...

HESTA pushes for expediated advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... landscape. "We know women will have a different experience of retirement," she said. "They're going to live longer and have broken work patterns, and our research shows that one-in-four of our members will finish work earlier than expected for various ...

ATO flags key focus areas this tax time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... as repairs or maintenance. "You can claim an immediate deduction for general repairs like replacing damaged carpet or a broken window. But if you rip out an old kitchen and put in a new and improved one, this is a capital improvement and is only deductible ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... on "golden visas" to attract rich investors are waiting with bated breath as the government overhauls Australia's "broken" migration system. Recently, Home Affairs minister Clare O'Neill froze the ability of fund managers' Significant Investor ...

Small cap investors told to 'stop whinging'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... he said. "Deliver profits, cashflow and growth, and there are plenty of investors who want to own your shares. Deliver broken promises and your share price will remain in the dumps." Johnson said Forager sold a meaningful percentage of its investment ...

Vale Lang Walker

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... been remembered as a nation-builder with "remarkable" generosity. In a statement, the Walker family said their hearts are broken by the loss of a great man who "changed the lives of so many people through his visionary projects and philanthropy." "Lang ...

AFCA tightens wholesale investor remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... retail or non-retail. "For non-retail investors, there are two categories - wholesale and sophisticated. That can be further broken down into four categories, which is by wealth, by professional investor status, investment amount, and by knowledge and ...

Financial services marketing is broken: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
A new study shows that while most local financial services marketers believe compliance teams get in the way of them getting their job done, those same compliance specialists think marketers are just looking for someone else to blame when marketing ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... protections," he said. The Financial Services Council (FSC) thinks Jones is making the right move to prioritise fixing the broken state of financial advice under Stream One, which aims to lower the cost of providing advice and improve consumers' ...

High Court rejects Mayfair 101 plea

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... in the way it did. I anticipate this new trial, and the Parliamentary Inquiry into ASIC's conduct, will reveal just how broken ASIC really is." Separately, the Federal Court of Western Australia has scheduled a trial to commence December 4 in the defamation ...