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COVID-19 drives Aussies to check exemptions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... was for a shorter period," Swanson said. While unable to provide Leigh with a specific number of claims denied over the course of the last year - taking the question on notice - Swanson pointed out customers were calling the firm to check whether suicide ...

Billions withdrawn from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has confirmed $3.8 billion in withdrawals from super was approved by the ATO over the course of three days. Frydenberg said the average withdrawal was $8000 and the super funds will now begin to release the money. "Those applications ...

Few redundancies but pay cuts abound: Recruiter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... super funds too have largely avoided cuts, with Gordon seeing just one industry fund asking employees to take pay cuts. Of course, with the early release of super measures super funds are "busier than ever", Gordon said. He hasn't seen any redundancies ...

SMSF auditors come under fire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The corporate watchdog has disqualified, suspended and added additional conditions to six different self-managed super fund auditors as it works to ensure the industry meets competency and expertise standards. Auditors from around the country suffered ...

Recruitment, salaries slide in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... forecast increasing demand in the first half of 2020 due to skill gaps, regulatory pressures and further business growth." Of course, COVID-19 changed all of that. For the period of January to March the average salary of all positions Kaizen delivered ...

Open banking to charge on

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... the introduction of the CDR regime. "The vast majority want to press ahead, and build on the work to date," he said. "Of course, the timetable now needs to be flexible, and the ACCC is likely to provide some more specificity on this in the coming weeks ...

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... sure... you and I and Irene want to go back to our normal lives the soonest. But it won't help if we don't finish our course of antibiotics (bad simile because antibiotics don't kill the virus), else we run the risk of a relapse. Recall how ...

OneVue marks territory on Sargon sale proceeds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... transactions and unfair preference claims. "Those claims may result in return to unsecured creditors however OneVue's primary course of action has been to recover the amounts owed to it at subsiadaries; level first with the sale of its secured assets ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Accord gather themselves to do business in a different way, re-setting course for a habitable, more equitable planet." McMurdo said the pandemic has had a material impact on Australia's superannuation ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... provision of strategic advice is something the SMSF Association has been working on with other professional bodies over the course of six months. The economic stimulus packages provide a potential opportunity for this," SMSF Association Franco Morelli ...