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Clive Palmer ramps up calls for Shipton's head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
Controversial businessman and leader of the United Australia Party Clive Palmer has mounted an advertising campaign calling for ASIC chair James Shipton to resign. Palmer took out full-page ads in several state and national newspapers with the copy ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... outcomes of the legal process, she added. "It would also punish companies for protecting their investment and technology from free-riding by those who did not pay for the innovation, making those companies less likely over the long term to make their ...

CountPlus firm makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has continued to carry out its extensive growth strategy with a further "tuck-in" acquisition. Melbourne-based member firm O'Brien Accountants & Advisers has acquired the accounting services of Hillard O'Donnell ...

Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
US-based Fidelity Investments has been caught up in a class action that alleges a major pension plan exposed members to risky, expensive actively-managed investments instead of allocating to safer passive options. The complaint, filed against Coca-Cola ...

Chief economist update: Dow 30 thousand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
"Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett History is again bearing witness to the "Sage of Omaha's" widely-known investing principle for who would have dreamed that the US equity market would rally ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
It's quite a delicate balance - akin to the "will it, won't it" speculations on Fed policy decisions BC (before COVID) - but it appears that the dying days of 2020 swing between optimism and pessimism depending on which side of the bed financial ...

Super tax structure less progressive: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... $250,000 receive a 17% tax concession on contributions above the threshold. For those whose income is below the effective tax-free threshold of $21,884, the low income super tax offset removes the tax penalty on contributions, ensuring the tax on contributions ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
While not making explicit recommendations, the Retirement Income Review has warned against increasing inequities already in the system, citing that a rise in the super guarantee would benefit men more than women. The review has stated that consideration ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... affordable. The take-up of such advice is currently low, with people lacking trust in this form of advice and thinking it should be free." The review pointed to research by First State Super (now Aware Super) which compared unadvised retirees with those ...

Homeowners given preferential treatment: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... homes," it said. "Around 15% of retirees on the Age Pension own homes worth more than $1 million. The RIR noted that the larger free areas in the assets test for non-homeowners benefit only a small share of retirees who are renting. "About 6% of non-homeowner ...