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Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... what assets may ultimately be realised, and therefore what funds may be distributable to unitholders. At a recent parliamentary hearing, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair Joe Longo 01 described the situation as being on an ...

Government reviewing $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... superannuation change more than two years ago. We intend to proceed with it, and we'll legislate it when the parliamentary schedule allows."

Inflation rises 3% in August

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... cash rate by 25bp at the board meeting in early November." This comes after RBA governor Michele Bullock told a parliamentary inquiry this week that the Australian economy was "in a very good position", pointing to inflation being within the board's ...

Australian economy in 'very good place': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has told a parliamentary inquiry the Australian economy is in a good position, with inflation within the board's target range of between 2-3%. Bullock said the central bank is pleased to see inflation ...

Equity Trustees slashes value of Shield investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... mechanism ensuring no member is left destitute due to misconduct, negligence or fraud," it said. Appearing before a parliamentary committee this morning, ASIC chair Joe Longo said it could be as many as 15,000 investors who have been impacted by the ...

ASIC sets sights on 140 advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
ASIC deputy commissioner Sarah Court told a parliamentary committee this morning that the regulator has identified around 140 financial advisers who were involved in super switching misconduct relating or similar to Shield and First Guardian. "We had ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... clear public commitment to reducing regulatory burdens, and ensure new regulatory proposals face greater Cabinet and Parliamentary scrutiny. "Government and regulators need to bring a growth mindset to new proposals for regulation by asking how they ...

'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... this superannuation change more than two years ago. We intend to proceed with it, and we'll legislate it when the parliamentary schedule allows." The government's Economic Reform Roundtable is set to kick off next month where Chalmers said experts and ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... them," she said. "So, we are very concerned about that, and we are investigating [as ASIC has previously flagged at a parliamentary hearing last October]... We are certainly investigating Macquarie and Equity Trustees and considering what options ASIC ...

Treasury welcomes new leader

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... the Australian public service sector; she was previously Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group of the Treasury and the Parliamentary Budget Officer between 2017 and 2020. She also held other senior positions at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ...