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Super should help secure home loans: Inquiry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... first home buyers be able to use their superannuation as collateral for a home. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue tabled its report following its inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia today, with ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has recommended greater disclosure obligations for institutional investors and proxy advisors and for the ACCC to actively monitor common ownership in Australia - all the while sharing little ...

US, UK hike interest rates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... around 3.8% and inflation is 7.9%. "The least interesting thing about today's rate hike, was today's rate hike. The committee now anticipates hiking rates seven times this year, and almost half the committee members would like to see more," J.P. Morgan ...

Government adds to FRAA leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... Moore and fellow member Craig Drummond. Crosbie is chair of Allens and recently chaired the Competition and Consumer Committee of the Law Council of Australia. "Through the establishment of the FRAA, the Morrison government is ensuring that Australia's ...

Legal expert to lead QAR

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... co-authored the LexisNexis' FoFA Handbook. Levy is a member of the Law Council of Australia's Superannuation Committee. "I am pleased to be appointed to lead the government's Quality of Advice Review. I believe there are many ways we can ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... performance and outcomes on ESG issues - these activities are all overseen by our experienced Responsible Investment Committee," BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur says. "Companies are increasingly open to the need to improve on ESG considerations ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... employers or taxpayers, there is no free lunch," chair of the Actuaries Institute Superannuation and Investment Practice Committee Tim Jenkins says of why these reforms have not been implemented. "The very fact that in Australia super is a percentage ...

New digital solution to close advice gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... said. "We're proud to be playing our role in underpinning the SWU Online Invest solution." SWU Online Invest investment committee member Paul Harding-Davis said it was exciting to be able to access innovative technology to help address a major issue ...

CSLR will not fully protect investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... regime closer to passing, there are fears it will fall short of protecting consumers. The Senate Economics Legislation Committee released a summary of the proposed bill, with input from industry stakeholders, who largely voiced concerns that the scheme ...

ASIC considering more action on Sterling collapse

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... regulator ASIC is being urged to take more action with respect to the collapse of the Sterling Income Trust. A senate committee that recently handed down its final report in its inquiry into the collapse of the Sterling Income Trust is urging ASIC to ...