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Australian Unity adds to leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
Australian Unity's property division has appointed an Ocean St Capital Advisers executive director to the newly created role of general manager - investment and origination. James Goodwin has around 20 years' experience in property will be responsible ...

Increased SG equals increased fees: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... economist and research fellow at the University of Sydney, found that increasing the SG will charge the typical worker and extra $28,000 over their lifetime. The research said at the current 9.5% compulsory contribution rate, Australia's superannuation ...

Specialist advice businesses optimal: Barrett

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... because they are generalists." Barrett added that those who are generalists can have good businesses, but said there are extra things they would need to achieve in order to survive. "It's going to get harder. In the long run, organic growth is a really ...

Australian Unity profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Australian Unity has seen its profits plummet more than 70% compared to the previous financial year, with the group noting the impacts of COVID-19 saw it miss out on about $26 million in profit. Australian Unity reported a profit after income tax of ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Shareholders of embattled alternatives investments company Blue Sky have voted in favour of joining the Wilson Asset Management stable at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday afternoon. The investment company's name will be changed to WAM ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Don't look now but it appears that it's not just COVID-19 seeing a second wave. Saudi Arabia is also taking a second bite on oil price discounting. Bloomberg reports that, Saudi Arabia's state producer, Saudi Aramco, has cut its key Arab ...

Chief economist update: Is Dan still the man?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... Already, fresh modelling by the Institute of Public Affairs shows that the extension of Melbourne's lockdown would cost an extra 260,000 jobs on top of the 432,000 Victorians rendered jobless due to the lockdown. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Sydney tax professional jailed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... 37 taxpayers without their knowledge. His false claims, which mostly related to car and medical expenses, resulted in an extra $156,000 in refunds that went straight to his bank account. Assistant commissioner Adam Kendrick welcomed the sentence and ...

SMSF member increase bill reintroduced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... said: "For families with more than four members, currently the only real options are to create two SMSFs (which would incur extra costs) or place their superannuation in a large fund." The SMSF Association welcomed the changes to the maximum number of ...

Chief economist update: RBA increases and extends TFF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... to 2% of their outstanding credit, at a fixed rate of 25 basis points for three years. ADIs will be able to draw on this extra funding up until the end of June 2021," the RBA said. "This extension will ensure that all ADIs continue to have access to ...