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Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... South Wales, the government of which recently announced its own shared equity scheme. However, HOPE's scheme doesn't apply any caps on income or purchase price like the government's does and is available to all essential workers - no matter ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... that had products fail contacted union members. In turn, ASIC contacted the unions reminding them financial services laws apply to them in terms of member communications and that they be careful not to provide unlicensed financial advice or make misleading ...

Life Code update expands consumer protections

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... medical practitioner. A claimant can also not be under surveillance for more than four months and new restrictions will apply on business premises that are not open to the public. When it comes to selling, to reduce instances of possible pressure selling ...

Active Super kickstarts reward program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... and forget' tool for members to top-up their super balances with eligible retail purchases. The reward program will apply to more than 250 retail partners across 2000 locations around Australia. Though, as the program grows in scale and popularity ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... to establish the property tax will be introduced during the second half of 2022 with eligible first home buyers able to apply from 16 January 2023. For contracts exchanged in the period between enactment of the legislation and 15 January 2023, eligible ...

Advice requirements confusing, complex: JAWG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
The Joint Associations Working Group has told the Quality of Advice Review to reduce compliance burdens and to enable the delivery of affordable, accessible advice to more consumers. In a statement, the collective of professional associations called ...

Dimensional launches PIEs in NZ

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... Sustainability PIE Fund, one is unhedged while the other is hedged to the New Zealand dollar. Within both, the firm will apply its sustainability approach - which targets greenhouse gas emission reductions and other environmental and social criteria ...

Super industry levies insufficiently detailed: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... increased scrutiny from the Your Future, Your Super legislation, ASFA submitted that a higher level of examination should apply with respect to the costs recovered from the industry via levies. "Any increase in Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies ...

BGH raises Virtus offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... offer shareholders $8.155 cash per share, up from its $8.15 offer made several weeks ago. The increased offer price will apply to all shareholders who accept the offer, including shareholders who have already accepted the offer. As a result of the increased ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
HESTA has submitted that applying the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) principles in Australia would lead to greater certainty and returns for super members. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said as a super fund ...