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Homeowners given preferential treatment: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Retirement Income Review found the treatment of housing in the Age Pension assets test provides more support to homeowners compared to non-home owners. The review found the preferential treatment given to home ownership leads to inequities in the ...

Household capital remains key: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Retirement Income Review (RIR) has found home ownership is an important element in an adequate retirement, but not at the expense of all other income generating options. The potential fourth pillar of the Australian retirement income system, accessing ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... outcomes delivered to Australians. Frydenberg stopped short of confirming that the legislated superannuation guarantee (SG) will not go ahead next year, citing that "we are living in a different economic environment" thanks to the global pandemic. "We ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... member and banker Carolyn Kay and former SMSF Association chair Deborah Ralston produced the 600-page report. Their job was not to make any recommendations (akin to the Royal Commission or Productivity Commission's final reports) but set the facts ...

Why has ASIC still not got a chief executive?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... that the recommendations of your review were implemented but they haven't been. You are saying that Mr Shipton or other did not agree and did not wish to implement those recommendations?" Chester's 2015 review noted that ASIC is allowed three to eight ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... checks was one of the recommendations to come out of the Royal Commission. During the inquiry it was found licensees were not doing enough to communicate with each other on the background of advisers they were employing. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne ...

New trustee for Spaceship

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... APRA-regulated super funds with more than $8 billion of assets under management. Spaceship wrote to members saying that the change will not impact them in terms of fees and their ability to access their super account. Spaceship started out as a superannuation ...

Court rules insurers to cover COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... back of the news, with the ruling possibly meaning insurers could face a flood of claims. The court declared that COVID-19 is not a quarantinable disease under the Quarantine Act 1908. Business insurance policies generally exclude the impact of quarantinable ...

Generation flags Ascalon closure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
ASX-listed Generation Development Group has confirmed its intention to wind up Ascalon Capital Managers, just two years after acquiring it from Westpac. It also announced plans to launch an income fund and a lifetime annuity. Generation has announced ...

Bloomberg indices to rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... innovation that we've seen across our indices business, and we look forward to continuing to provide leading index solutions not only in fixed income but across asset classes." Barclays head of credit sales Paul Degen thanked Bloomberg for its partnership ...