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Renewed scrutiny for ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has asked to recall ME Bank to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics after correspondence with ASIC for a hearing later this week. During ME Bank chief executive James McPhee's appearance at the last ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... better than earlier feared, it is possible that the economic downturn will not be severe as earlier thought." Australians, all, let us rejoice! For this relatively more optimistic assessment came only three weeks and a bit after the RBA revealed its ...

Sequoia to acquire wealth group

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
Sequoia Financial Group has entered an agreement to acquire a wealth group, adding about 23 advisers and $1 billion in funds under management. Sequoia Wealth Management will acquire the customer base of Phillip Capital Limited's existing advisers ...

Details of Mayfair's default revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
Vasco Trustees and ASIC had grave concerns about the financial position of Mayfair 101 for months before receivers were appointed to IPO Wealth, according to court filings. Filings from Vasco Trustees, the trustee for the IPO Wealth Fund, in the Supreme ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
As the nation's states and territories gradually reopen, business leaders have been called upon to harness the learnings of the crisis as we move into the next stage of recovery. Flexible working, reduced business travel, worker's rights, board ...

Expats sweat as main residence CGT cut-off looms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
Already facing a rapidly approaching deadline signaling the end of exemptions from capital gains tax, expats now face further challenges in selling their former family homes, with only COVID-19 to blame. Atlas Wealth Management managing director James ...

APRA urged to probe industry funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has written to APRA chair Wayne Byres urging the regulator to conduct an investigation into vertical integration at industry super funds and related conflicts of interest. Wilson, who chairs the House of Representatives' Standing ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... help repay "our bloated national debt". "Superannuation is a relatively soft target," he said. "It should pay its share, but let's hope any changes are well targeted, don't make the system even more complicated, and still allow the system to do its job ...

Blame put on businesses for JobKeeper error

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office have issued a joint statement in relation to the reporting error in the estimates of the number of employees likely to access the JobKeeper program. The enrolment forms completed by over 910,000 businesses ...

Rich Dad feels for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... and restructure debts during a recession. Dent pointed to Margaret Thatcher's austerity measures as a shining example. "Let businesses fail and let better businesses take over their assets," Dent said.