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Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... workers through their superannuation," he says. Jones claims the government is "paving the way" for the introduction of a plan formulated within the Liberal Party to dismantle super by scything the superannuation guarantee, ending the preferential tax ...

ASIC mainly concerned with media releases: Lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Hamilton Blackstone Lawyers managing director Cristean Yazbeck has argued that ASIC is mainly concerned with its own reputation and the media releases it can put out in relation to action on financial advisers. Yazbeck said in a paper that after ASIC ...

Iress opens retail capital raise

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... would also help partly fund the acquisition of OneVue, Iress said. Iress hopes to raise $20 million from the share purchase plan, however, depending on the level of demand for the raise, the firm said it has the option to either scale back or raise an ...

No slowing ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... have continued to drag their feet. Despite only receiving 16 applications so far, Mercer Portfolio Service Superannuation plan has only made payments within five business days 33% of the time. Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement fund remains ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Within the next decade, the number of superannuation funds serving Australians will drop by 60%, according to a new KPMG report. New KPMG research shows the 217 APRA-regulated superannuation funds will shrink to 138 within the next five years, with ...

Short consultation window for stamping fee exemption

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The consultation window for the exposure draft set to extend the ban on conflicted remuneration to listed investment companies and trusts is open, for a short period of time. Stakeholders have been given just one week to respond to the government's ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden - stance against the European Commission's recent proposal for a €750 billion recovery plan and a 2021-27 budget of €1.1 trillion.

Dealer groups slam FPA policy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Fortnum, Centrepoint, Easton Wealth, CountPlus, Fitzpatricks and Paragem have all criticised the Financial Planning Association of Australia's latest policy proposal. The FPA wants to see AFSLs only responsible for the oversight of product compliance ...

What advisers need to know: BT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
BT head of financial literacy and advocacy Bryan Ashenden has observed a significant increase in calls for technical support from financial advisers during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The level of queries and questions we were getting through from advisers ...

Arena REIT completes oversubscribed capital raise

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... placement is set to settle this Friday, with trading commencing on June 9. Arena also is partaking in a security purchase plan for retail investors in Australia and New Zealand. The placement is set to raise an additional $10 million for the developer ...