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Support staff key to advice firm longevity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
Financial advice firms are looking to hire more service-support staff in 2023 as many review their pay and benefits packages to remain competitive in an overheated market. At least half of the 100 advice firms canvassed by consulting firm Business Health ...

ASIC confirms advisers can offer home equity access guidance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
ASIC has clarified that the Centrelink Home Equity Access Scheme isn't a credit product, allowing advisers to include it in retirement plans. Responding to an inquiry by Capital Advisory financial planner Michael Miller, ASIC said the operation of the ...

Household Capital acquires Pension Boost

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
Household Capital has acquired government home equity scheme specialist Pension Boost; endeavoring to become the leading provider of home equity access in 2023. Pension Boost assists retirees in accessing the Home Equity Access Scheme with Centrelink. ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
The government has advanced its commitment to establish a Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), releasing for consultation exposure draft regulations. The CSLR will facilitate the payment of compensation of up to $150,000 to eligible consumers ...

Aussies pay the price for early release of super: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
The government's COVID-19 early release of superannuation (ERS) scheme saw the closure or near emptying of almost one million member accounts, largely held by women, single parents and the unemployed. A new analysis by the Association of Superannuation ...

Government moves to amend military super benefits tax

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
The government is introducing legislation that aims to ensure no veteran pays higher income taxes because of the Federal Court decision in Commissioner of Taxation V Douglas (the Douglas decision). The Douglas decision found that certain veterans' invalidity ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... workers in New South Wales, the government of which recently announced its own shared equity scheme. However, HOPE's scheme doesn't apply any caps on income or purchase price like the government's does and is available to all essential workers ...

Neobank Volt closes its doors

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
Australian neobank Volt, the first of its kind to receive a full banking licence from APRA, is closing its doors and urging customers to withdraw all funds from accounts before July 5. In a statement, Volt said the decision was made by the board after ...

Beware super home buyer collateral damage: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... that don't use their super to buy a house will be left tens of thousands of dollars worse off because of the government's scheme." "Not only will throwing super into the housing market jack up prices and make houses less affordable, but all Australian ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
The Morrison government's re-election Hail Mary policy to allow early superannuation withdrawals to be used for house deposits has been widely condemned. A joint media release between Scott Morrison, Michael Sukkar and Jane Hume boldly proclaimed that ...