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ASIC told to 'end the chaos' of ASX CHESS issues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has released its final report on its reviews into ASIC. Committee chair Daniel Mulino MP said the report covered key issues relating to how the regulator deals with complaints and how it executes ...

FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The peak body for financial advisers has hired a policy and advocacy manager. Financial Advice Association Australia has appointed David Barrett to the newly created role, effective 24 March 2025. Based in Sydney, Barrett reports to the general manager ...

Infocus adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The national advice group welcomed an executive general manager, strategic relationships after also adding a chief financial and operations officer. Matthew Fogarty has joined the Infocus team in the strategic relationships role, bringing more than ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has provided Treasury with a report after conducting an inquiry into companies holding virtual AGMs. As part of the report, the regulator made five recommendations, including that ASIC and ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
Eureka Whittaker Macnaught (EWM) and Foster Raffan iPlan have merged to form a large, multi-disciplinary firm serving around 2500 clients. The merged firm is home to 44 employees, including 20 financial advisers, and operates in six locations across ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
A breakdown of government revenue revealed the superannuation sector will contribute $25.6 billion to the government's bottom line in 2025-26 - an uplift of $9.7 billion since the MYEFO from taxes on the sector. "The upgrade to superannuation fund ...

Government looks to bolster TPB, tax compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The government plans to strengthen the sanctions available to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to protect consumers against misconduct. As part of the Federal Budget, the Albanese government is enhancing sanctions the TPB can impose, modernising the ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Handing down the Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government is reducing all prescriptions available through the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), as well as investing a "record" $7.9 billion in Medicare to lift bulk billing rates. ...

My Dealer Services partners to enhance adviser education

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The Sydney-based firm has secured access to Colonial First State's (CFS) FirstTech division for the more than 400 financial advisers within its network. The educational partnership provides My Dealer Services (MDS) adviser members with the "most up ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...