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Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... observed in the coverage for Total and Permanent Disability (TPD). The previous government's PYS measures, effective from 1 July 2019, aimed to safeguard Australians' superannuation from being eroded by unnecessary fees and insurance costs. It ...

New caps can increase super contributions: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... Australians can have additional disposable income to contribute to superannuation, according to the SMSF Association. From 1 July 2024, the standard concessional contribution cap will increase from $27,500 to $30,000. The non-concessional contribution ...

Super contribution caps to rise on July 1

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
Superannuation contribution caps will go up on July 1, after the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported an increase in average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE). The ABS reported the AWOTE rose 4.5%, seasonally adjusted, in the year to November ...

SMSFA reappoints Hay-Bartlem as chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... Hay-Bartlem has been reappointed as its chair and will serve another two years. Hay-Bartlem joined the association as a director in July 2019 and was appointed chair in February 2022. With a background in law, he is a currently a partner at Brisbane-based ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... According to CommSec, this is its highest since August 2018. ANZ initially entered an agreement to purchase Suncorp Bank in July 2022.

Magellan needs more consistent progress: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... met with success, as illustrated by the discontinuation of the briefly offered retirement solution, Magellan FuturePay, in July 2022. The firm is actively seeking solutions for the persistent NTA discount on the Magellan Global closed class listed investment ...

Mergers a boon for super member growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... a former executive manager of growth at Media Super, launched Perple as a leadership resourcing and remuneration tool in July 2023.

UK, Japan slip into technical recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... contracted 0.4% in the last three months of 2023, according to the country's Cabinet Office. The economy contracted 2.9% between July and September. The International Monetary Fund predicts that Japan's economy will grow 0.9% in 2024. "For decades, Japan ...

Jailed adviser permanently banned by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... Raymond Sebo was found guilty of misappropriating $1,056,685.18 from some of his clients' self-managed super funds. Between July and August 2019, he was found to have used all the money to feed his gambling habit. At the time, he was sole director and ...

SMSF scammers charged with criminal offences

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... Joseph Cullia and Zoran Markovic, which alleged that they operated fraudulent investment websites between November 2020 and July 2021 under various names. The website operators used two legitimate AFS Licences without their knowledge or consent. ASIC ...