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Pandemic heightened need for SG increase: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... retirement income system. "ASFA considers that given substantial changes to the taxation of superannuation and the provision of the Age Pension in recent years there should now be a period of consolidation to allow the various changes to be bedded down," ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... pandemic-induced lockdown has accelerated these trends," he said. The majority of these first-time investors were under the age of 40 (70%), up 19% from the previous year. "Many first-time investors were attracted by buying opportunities presented by ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... prematurely finished as a result of what happened." Szlakowski's complaint against Pahari included that he asked her to tell him the age of the oldest man he had dated. Bornstein said AMP found that the questions Pahari asked about Szlakowski's dating ...

ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
In light of the National Scams Awareness Week, the corporate regulator is urging Indigenous Australians to be wary of scams. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is one of the agencies responsible for the National Indigenous Consumer ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has told Financial Standard that the nature of superannuation scams is shifting, having seen a 55% increase in cases of identity theft. The ACCC's national scam awareness week this year is focussed ...

ATO announces SMSF age limit changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... receiving spouse contributions for those under 75 years old. The ATO said SMSF members must still meet all other criteria, but the age limits have been changed to allow for flexibility. SMSFs can use ATO online services to view some of the other criteria ...

Westpac discovers additional transaction irregularities

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Westpac's money laundering woes continue to worsen, with the bank today announcing it has uncovered hundreds of thousands of additional transactions of $10,000 or more that are "incomplete or inaccurate" to AUSTRAC. After further investigation, the ...

Domestic violence super reforms stall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... "If they can't claim their share of super, for many women this means losing their only income in retirement beyond the age pension." At the time, Blakey said HESTA was working with WLSV to develop a streamlined and consistent process that all superannuation ...

12 charged in $17m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
A joint-agency investigation into an elaborate $17 million fraud has resulted in charges against 12 people. Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators executed search warrants at 10 locations across Sydney, nine in south-east Queensland and two in ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
The Grattan Institute has warned that now is not the time to enact sweeping reforms as the nation battles the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief executive of the Grattan Institute John Daley said policy priorities need to reflect the new ...