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Australians 'overwhelmed' by retirement: Aware

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... retirement. "By keeping their super invested, they can draw a flexible income and potentially benefit from a concessional tax rate, which can significantly enhance their financial security in later years," Aware Super said. In addition, over a quarter ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... relates to the purchase or disposal of non-super assets or other financial products, holistic financial planning, and estate and tax planning advice. Finally, funds will be able to send targeted prompts to members - or 'nudge' them - at specific ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with Goldman Sachs Alternatives to pour $160 million into sustainable real estate. The investment is being made alongside the Goldman-managed Real Estate Credit Partners (RECP IV) fund and will ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... those who rent in retirement. The federal government gives up more than $50 billion a year in poorly targeted superannuation tax concessions. Australians also pay too much in superannuation fees and receive too little guidance on how to use their super ...

Deficit to reach $26bn: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... smaller. And no politician is putting forward a credible plan to plug those holes," she said. Deloitte forecasts that income tax withholding, which is the largest slice of government revenue, will be a cumulative $3.5 billion higher than the official ...

Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The government has released draft legislation to mandate payday super, a policy that was first flagged in the 2023-24 Federal Budget. The draft legislation stipulates that from 1 July 2026, employers must pay their employees' superannuation at the ...

ASIC slaps FIIG Securities with lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... highly sensitive client information such as names, addresses, birth date, driver's licences, passports, bank accounts, and tax file numbers. The data was then released on the dark web. The breach occurred after a FIIG employee downloaded a.zip file ...

Perpetual appoints demerger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Perpetual was about to divest its wealth management and corporate trust businesses to KKR. While the deal was nixed last month for tax reasons, Perpetual chief executive Bernard Reilly said news of the KKR deal collapse had prompted "eager bidders to ...

Clime Investment Management lands new strategic partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... the return to trading profits, and the board is proposing a dividend to shareholders of 0.2 cents per share, pending further tax advice..." Nevertheless, Clime reported a statutory loss of $257,000 post-tax, reflecting non-cash amortisation and depreciation ...

ClearView Wealth's profit bleeds 22% in HY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
ClearView Wealth's profit took a blow with its underlying net profit after tax (UNPAT) down 22% to $15.2 million in the six months to 31 December 2024, saying the slump was due to an "aberration" in the claims experience in the first quarter of FY25. ...