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Link Group rebrands as acquisition completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Link Group will now be known as MUFG Pension and Market Services, following the implementation of the scheme of arrangement with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. The business comprises two ...

Social media influencers charged for promoting shady investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Reality TV stars from shows like Love Island, Geordie Shore, and The Only Way Is Essex are due to face Court for pushing unauthorised investment schemes on their followers. Love Island's Biggs Chris, Jamie Clayton, Rebecca Gormley and Eva Zapico ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... "While there are some positives here for advisers running small businesses, in the extension of the instant asset write-off scheme for a further year, along with energy rebates, we continue to urge the government to consider the six ideas we have put ...

Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... the agreement, instead of rising with inflation, there will be a one-year freeze on the maximum Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) patient co-payment for everyone with a Medicare card and a five-year freeze for pensioners and other concession cardholders. ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Australia $3 billion New Homes Bonus to incentivise states and territories to build more homes $5.5 billion Help to Buy scheme to help more Australians buy their own home $2.7 billion to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 15% $2 billion in financing ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... government paid parental leave. He reinforced that, if Labor wins the next election the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from 1 July 2025. "... we are very proud that this Budget extends ...

Budget 2024: Chalmers looks to reset aged care, NDIS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... care. In addition, $468.7 million will be spent to support people with disability and get the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) back on track. Of this, as announced previously, $214 million will be spent over two years to fight fraud and to ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Proposed changes to the wholesale investor test potentially have sprawling ramifications for financial advisers and is something some experts say will need to be thoroughly nutted out before the government pushes any reforms over the line. Potentially ...

FAAA calls for 'fairness' ahead of Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has called on the Federal government to better manage costs across the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and implement a fairer ASIC funding levy for advisers. In its pre-budget submission, the FAAA put ...

AFCA finds more Dixon Advisory victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... is calling on assistant treasurer Stephen Jones to take action on the drastically escalating costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). "This equates to a direct cost to every financial adviser of $4165 on top of what has already been disclosed ...