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Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... causes of super non-payment, it recommended mandating payment of super with payment of salary, better monitoring and stronger enforcement by the ATO, extending the Fair Entitlements Guarantee to cover SG contributions, and removing the $450 threshold ...

MLC transforms advice business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... services. One advice support team will be created to serve employed advisers and advice businesses, aiming to deliver a stronger client focus with improved consistency and efficiency, he said. "We are undertaking an ambitious multi-year transformation ...

Super trustees to formulate whistleblower policies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... 19 February 2019. It received royal assent on 12 March 2019. The reforms commenced on 1 July 2019, aiming to provide stronger rights and protections to whistleblowers. ASIC commissioner John Price said transparent whistleblower policies are essential ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... 2019. Still below target inflation rates are providing impetus for continued decline in bond yields. If the relatively stronger economic growth in the past wasn't able to sustainably lift inflation to within central bank targets, what more now that ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
New legislation will enforce stronger protections against dodgy employers who short change workers' superannuation savings via salary sacrifice contributions. Assistant Treasurer and Housing Minister Michael Sukkar introduced a raft of tax measures ...

APRA endorses review recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... strengthen these areas. As for becoming better at communicating, APRA said it will utilise strategic communications to deliver stronger prudential outcomes and enhance its own accountability. Pointing to the superannuation industry, APRA said it continues ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... Fed would cut the Fed funds rate by only 25 bps at its July FOMC meeting rather than 50 bps (prompted by the sharply stronger than expected US non-farm payrolls report for June) sent the US dollar index higher even higher to 97.4890. While Trump only ...

JANA hires operations lead, boosts workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... majority staff-owned business and as such, staff experience a greater sense of commitment to the business. "This creates a stronger alignment between clients, staff and owners. This alignment means that staff are more responsive, more often, to the needs ...

Boutique advice firms merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... Gross at Twelve Wealth, and both have moved with her to Minchin Moore. Gross believes her clients will benefit from a stronger offering, given Minchin Moore's dedicated investment team and practice manager, and a team of more than 20 who ensure compliance. ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... "booming" affairs might last well... until Trump gets re-elected. This is because the upward pressure on the US dollar gets stronger as the American economy strengthens. Investors will be buying the greenback to participate in the US economic boom. In ...