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Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
A range of tax and superannuation changes that were announced by the previous government but never legislated have been scrapped by the Labor government. To provide certainty to industry and those that would have been impacted by the measures, the government ...

CommSec, AUSIEX to pay $27m penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
CommSec and AUSIEX will pay the largest penalty ever handed down for breaches of Market Integrity Rules. CommSec has been ordered to pay $20 million while AUSIEX will pay $7.12 million for systemic compliance failures over a nine-year period. In a case ...

Retirees are silent casualties of inflation: Challenger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Inflation is posing a greater risk to Australian retirees than ever, necessitating the development of new approaches to manage retirement income threats, according to a Challenger report. With retirees now living for about twice as long post-retirement ...

Millionaires worry about retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... all the assumptions early when making plans - and why professional advice is necessary." Further, Natixis IM said the 60/40 rule doesn't account for heightened and emerging risks to the equity portion or a low-rate environment, which is bad for bonds. ...

AMP debuts hybrid retirement solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
AMP has launched MyNorth Lifetime, a new suite of solutions available through the North platform that combines an account-based pension with the lifetime cashflow features of annuities. The MyNorth Lifetime Income account is a flexible pension account ...

Fed seeks feedback on rules to resolve large bank failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
The Federal Reserve has invited public comment on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to enhance regulators' ability to resolve large bank failures. The Fed said recent merger activity and growth has increased the size of large US banking organisations ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
The volatility and fragility of US pension funds makes clear that state and local retirement systems collectively aren't going to invest their way out of their poor funded status, an Equable report says. Equable's State of Pensions 2022 report says ...

Throw out financial services law clutter: ALRC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... resulting labyrinth - and the onerous expectation it places on readers to 'piece together' the law - is inconsistent with the rule of law ideal that the law should be accessible and knowable. In comparison, a Scoping Order would provide a single and ...

UK regulator to inspect advice and guidance rules

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
A review of the boundaries between advice and guidance will be carried out by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Regulatory burden pricing consumers out of advice is being felt across the pond and in response, the UK regulator said it's taking ...

Vanguard to liquidate factor ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
Vanguard is liquidating one of its US active ETFs, in what is reported to be a first for the company. Vanguard announced the US$44.2 million US Liquidity Factor ETF will be wound up in late November. Since its inception in 2018, the product has not ...