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Deborah Ralston joins Household Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
Household Capital has appointed the retirement expert to chair its advisory board. Effective this month, Deborah Ralston will lead the retirement funding provider's advisory board, replacing Jack Diamond. Sitting alongside her on the board is Peter ...

YFYS incentive to reduce fees: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
The inclusion of superannuation administration fees in the Your Future, Your Super performance benchmark will not punish funds that reduced fees in recent years, according to minister for superannuation Jane Hume. Speaking at the Financial Services ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
Wall Street's down! All four US benchmark equity indices dropped overnight - the Dow by 1.99; the S&P 500 by 2.1%; the Nasdaq composite by 2.7%; and the Russell 2000 by 3.3%. The yield on 10-year US bonds increased to 1.70% from 1.62% the day before. ...

Advice practices set to benefit from tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Small business owners, like financial planners, are set to benefit from the 30% tax rate reducing to 25% from 1 July 2021. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg also announced last night that temporary full expensing has been extended until 30 June 2023. ...

BetaShares appoints chief financial officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The fast-growing ETF issuer has appointed a chief financial officer in a newly created role. Jason Gellert was previously BetaShares' head of corporate development and is one of the co-founders in the company. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Superannuation funds welcomed the budget's move to dump the $450 threshold, but called out a lack of measures to close the super gap. Last night's budget included five key decisions on superannuation. These were abolishing the $450 per month ...

What instos want from managers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The latest Morrow Sodali institutional investor survey has revealed what some of the largest institutional investors in the world want from fund managers and companies. The survey asked 40 institutional investors, representing US $29 trillion in assets ...

No early super release for DV survivors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Among several other initiatives aimed at boosting women's economic security, the government has confirmed it will not proceed with plans to extend the early release of superannuation to family and domestic violence survivors. Scrapping the plan will ...

No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Just about everyone is a winner in this year's federal budget, with treasurer Josh Frydenberg extending tax cuts, significant measures to enhance women's economic security and a $15 billion infrastructure spend. Delivering the 2021/22 federal ...

Retirees freed from legacy products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Individuals locked into legacy retirement products will now have the chance to transfer into newer, more flexible products without penalty under a new measure. The government is introducing a two-year amnesty for individuals in market-linked, life-expectancy ...