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Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... doubling of taxation on Australians' retirement savings a regime that proposes a different approach for a farmer or a small business owner than a public servant, a judge, a politician, including, might I say, the prime minister himself and the secretary ...

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... two of the big banks, Chisholm said, their skills are likely less desirable to employers as they've "functioned as a small cog in a much more complex banking risk and compliance system." Those who have been employed as contractors for remediation ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... Halley said there were sufficient "net public benefits" to allow the deal to go ahead. "The tribunal has concluded that the small increase in the market share of ANZ, if the proposed acquisition proceeds, would not have a meaningful impact on the degree ...

Commonwealth Bank slapped with $10.3m fine for wage theft

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... necessities they need to live. This is real money owed to workers, compounding the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis. Even a small amount of wage theft could mean the difference between paying the rent, buying groceries, or paying for transport costs ...

MDA authorisations remain steady amid exodus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... by about 36.5%. There's now about 450 advisers with this authorisation. "Over the past year, two authorisations have seen small increases, being foreign exchange contracts (+0.7%) and deposits and non-cash payments (+2.6%)," Dunnin explained. "The reduction ...

AI poses potential challenge to financial stability: Gensler

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... capabilities aren't infallible, sometimes generating completely inaccurate information. "We've seen in our economy how one or a small number of tech platforms can come to dominate a field. There's one leading search engine, one leading retail platform ...

Conference to address major SMSF issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... specific." Another piece of regulation - non-arm's length expenses (NALE) and non-arm's length income (NALI) of small APRA funds and SMSFs that is awaiting Royal Assent - have received plenty of airplay. NALE in particular, Heffron said, is raising ...

NAB names new chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... Andrew. He has lifted our business and private banking performance and been a tireless advocate for the agriculture sector, small business and First Nations business." At the same time, Chronican paid tribute to McEwan, who joined NAB in December 2019 ...

Clime avoids board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... Michael Kollo, Susan Wynne, Claire Bibby, and Ronni Chalmers. Torres proposed three new appointees: Peter Pynes, Benjamin Small, and Simon Tan. Shareholders rejected the three resolutions to appoint the new directors at an Extraordinary General Meeting ...

Online investor participation declines

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... as either novice or advanced beginners. Delving into their investment choices, 30% have most recently allocated funds to small-cap stocks, primarily influenced by the goal of reaching a savings target. Moreover, the median time for making investment ...