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Spaceship appoints new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Spaceship has tapped a former ASIC and APRA operative to be its new chief risk officer. Maan Beydoun joined Spaceship this month in the role, following three years in a similar role at employee management software firm Flare HR. He brings over two decades' ...

Active Super, Vision Super finally sign transfer deed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
Almost two years on from confirming merger talks, the two super funds have set a date for the successor fund transfer. Active Super will merge into Vision Super on 1 March 2025, following the signing of a successor fund transfer deed. It was initially ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Federal Budget last night, delivering its second consecutive surplus as well as a raft of measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis. Despite many of the measures presented in the Budget having been announced prior ...

Budget 2024: The Budget by numbers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled his second consecutive Budget surplus tonight of $9.3 billion this year. This was the first back-to-back surplus in nearly two decades. However, instead of celebrating, Chalmers warned pressures on the Budget would ...

Budget 2024: Stage 3 tax cuts to take effect July 1

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Stage 3 tax cuts will go ahead as planned after the Albanese government made some amendments due to the cost-of-living crisis. Coming into effect July 1, every taxpayer will benefit from a tax cut. However, those earning over $180,000 will see their ...

Wealth firms 'still have PTSD from the Royal Commission': Deloitte

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
To better understand global investor expectations and practices, Deloitte, in partnership with a global marketing agency, developed a report from a survey of 2000 investors and 250 wealth management providers. The report provided several calls to action ...

Spaceship expands Voyager suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Spaceship is launching two new Voyager portfolios, targeting investors with a lower risk appetite and shorter investment horizon. The Spaceship Explorer Portfolio and Spaceship Galaxy Portfolio bring the Voyager lineup of products to five, sitting alongside ...

The unintended consequences of the four-day work week

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
While a minority of organisations have embraced it, the four-day work week potentially has unintended consequences that are inflationary, reduce productivity, and can lead to employee burnout. This is according to some experts who recently spoke at ...

Discover the best performing asset class of 2023: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
2023 proved to be a great year for investors, with all but one asset class delivering a positive return. International equities (unhedged) led the pack with a positive return of 23.2%, driven by investor enthusiasm for tech and AI-related opportunities. ...