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Mayfair 101 pushes on

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... bring more awareness and support to the region." Mayfair is targeting "qualified" wholesale investors for the bond with a minimum investment of $250,000. An advertisement for the investment said: "Earn 4.25% - 9.20% p.a. fixed monthly income." Investors ...

Janus Henderson AGM to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... by signing and returning the proxy card." Janus Henderson added that in order to keep in-person attendance to the bare minimum, advisers and any other guests have also been asked not to attend. "The AGM will be limited to only the formal business of ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... including allowing those with partners who earn over $48,000 a year to be eligible. "Centrelink payments are the bare minimum of what people can usually survive on. Payments like Newstart (JobSeeker) are not designed to be long term, and if unemployment ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... challenges will be dealing with the impact of the government's measures relating to early withdrawals and reduced minimum drawdown rates; this will include facilitating members' access to advice and managing potential increased outflows," he ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... represent 70% of the median wage and 100% of the median wage in the industries hardest hit. Frydenberg said for people on minimum wage in tourism, hospitality and retail the $1500 payment will be 100% of their wage. Payments will begin on 1 May 2020 ...

Regal fund hands back external money

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... for relative value opportunities in the global options and futures markets, and was open to wholesale investors with the minimum investment size set at $100,000. The strategy will continue to run internally, with plans to "possibly" open it back to external ...

SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... Rudd Government introduced during the Global Financial Crisis. In 2008, the government made a temporary reduction to the minimum pension payment to assist SMSF pensioners who suddenly found their funds' holdings devalued. By the weekend, Pinnell's ...

Australia to lean on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... impact an individual's Centrelink or Veterans' Affairs payments. The government will also temporarily reduce super minimum drawdown requirements for account-based pensions and "similar products" by 50% for the rest of this financial year and ...

FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... decision of the Rudd Labor government as it dealt with the fallout of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 to reduce the minimum annual payment amount for superannuation income streams. De Gori pointed out the government's decision ensured Australians ...

Platforms maintain cash rate on RBA cut

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... up their act and stop charging cash fees. "I believe the trustees should be obligated to provide members with, at the minimum, RBA cash rate." She called for a regulatory shake up among the platform providers. "With regards to the many other areas of ...