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Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Superannuation funds are set to permanently avoid negative tax outcomes upon merging, after an amendment bill sailed through parliament yesterday. While the FASEA extension stalled yesterday, the parliament successfully shepherded the government's Treasury ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Labor has slammed the Association of Financial Advisers for spouting untruths over the path of the FASEA extension bill through the Senate. Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones told Financial ...

FASEA extension to pass next week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
In a webinar for the Financial Planning Association of Australia members, assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology Jane Hume delivered some welcome news about the extension to FASEA requirements. Hume confirmed ...

Kiwi investment firm nabs Aussie talent

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
A New Zealand-based investment and advisory group with a strategically alliance with Credit Suisse has nabbed four Aussie senior investment bankers as it moves into the Australian market. Jarden Capital has locked down three UBS senior bankers and one ...

NAB remediation bill grows

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
National Australia Bank has seen another $268 million added to its bill for customer remediation. The increase in customer-related remediation costs for the big bank comes to $188 million after tax. NAB says it expects the additional costs to reduce ...

Westpac AUSTRAC bill continues to grow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Westpac today announced expected increased costs associated with AUSTRAC proceedings of $1.03 billion. On top of that, the bank has increased provisions for customer refunds, repayments and litigation by $260 million. It's also had to write down ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Despite global market rebounds, Natixis Investment Managers believes the economic damage of the COVID-19 pandemic will stretch several quarters beyond the containment of the virus. There are now nearly two million confirmed cases of the coronavirus ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
The extraordinary COVID-19 stimulus package is in front of Parliament today, with what is expected to be a trillion dollar debt being scrutinised by politicians. Parliament met today to discuss the government's $130 billion JobKeeper payment, which ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
The US is facing a COVID-19 triggered recession that will be the worst on record, according to Bank of America economists. It comes as about 6.65 million people filed for unemployment in the US this week, in the highest level of claims received by the ...

Pandemic response concerns overblown

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
Deloitte Access Economics is urging Australians to leave their concerns about the budgetary impact of Australia's response to COVID-19 at the door. New analysis by Deloitte Access Economics partner Chris Richardson shows Australians needn't be concerned ...