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RBA appointments prompt debate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... core change to hand over cash rate control to the new board is a "significant departure" from the usual way of doing business at Australia's central bank but agreed it will strengthen accountability. "It better aligns the RBA's monetary decision-making ...

Frontier Advisors tops asset consultant ranking

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... endorsement." "Being able to provide quality advice and research across all areas, and for all types of clients, is vital for a business like ours and obviously valued by our diverse range of clients. "In the face of recently onboarding a number of clients ...

Super reform "takes away the right to be tax exempt"

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... could afford to pay the additional tax. But many small businesspeople and farmers are asset-rich, cash-poor, where their business has been their whole life," she said. "They have simply relied upon and trusted the super system to plan their eventual ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... But there is some cause for hope. At the end of 2022, the government announced a National Women's Health Advisory Council, the goal of which is to address the stark differences in health outcomes of women and girls and will pay specific attention ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble, Climate Council of Australia independent economist, climate councillor Nicki Hutley and ReThink Sustainability executive director Rob Gell ...

Government introduces FAR, CSLR Bills

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... and diligence. Key personnel obligations require entities to nominate senior executives responsible for all areas of business operations. Deferred remuneration obligations require entities to defer at least 40% of variable remuneration (e.g., bonuses ...

Evidence of poor LRBA advice: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
A second Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) report, Leverage and Risk in the Superannuation System, says there continues to be evidence of individuals receiving advice regarding the use of limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) that could ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... life risk advice model creating additional new policies." However, given the dynamic between lapsing policies and new business, even with these changes in place, it is expected to take at least 10 years to address the underinsurance gap, it said. In ...

BNY Mellon appoints Australian executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... expertise, Geoff is a proven leader with the ability to harness strategic and tactical insights that will support our business growth in Australia and the success of clients there and abroad."

Burgeoning challenges of the advice industry: Padua

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... explained that an average advice practice with 150 clients and an approximate 80% ROA and 20% SOA ratio would spend nearly 26 business weeks on producing advice documents. "That's time not being spent in front of clients, building relationships and engaging ...