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FAAA slams 'underlying issues' in CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has made a submission to the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into wealth management companies, highlighting financial advisers' concerns around the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). Specifically ...

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services investigating the interplay between regulation ...

Firms treat CSLR as 'insurance policy': FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... to professions like law, accounting, engineering and so on - but it is an area the FAAA is looking into. Dixon Advisory inquiry update The public inquiry into the failures of Dixon Advisory, which is under the watch of the Wealth Management Companies ...

Objective of super enshrined in law

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... compulsory superannuation and the creation of the Superannuation Guarantee and was first recommended by the Financial Systems Inquiry in 2014 and reinforced in the Retirement Income Review of 2020. Super Members Council chief executive Misha Schubert ...

SMSFs surpass $1tn milestone

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... have played a critical role in guiding SMSF members through their own unique superannuation journey. "The fact that every inquiry into superannuation has given our sector a clean bill of health is testimony to the professionalism they bring when advising ...

Lack of action on menopause driving gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... comprehensive data demonstrating how menopause and perimenopause impact women's economic outcomes. In September, a Senate inquiry called on the government to commission a comprehensive study to assess the economic impacts of menopause "which clearly ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Senator Andrew Bragg has called on Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok to face a Senate inquiry over the recent legal proceedings launched by ASIC against the fund and the CFMEU scandal. "The reason that we're having a Senate inquiry in Canberra into ...

Perpetual halves investment in embattled Star

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... The report found there were "governance and cultural concerns" plaguing the casino operator. Now, Star is facing a fresh inquiry from the Queensland government which is examining potential criminal links at the casino. Perpetual is not the only investment ...

E&P Financial advances delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... "consistently and materially" undervalued relative to its fundamental value and peers. E&P will shortly face an upcoming public inquiry into its role in the collapse of Dixon Advisory. The senate referred the inquiry to the Wealth Management Companies ...

GQG breaches SEC whistleblower protection laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... regulatory compliance obligations very seriously. We appreciate the professionalism displayed by the SEC staff throughout this inquiry. We believe that we are well positioned to serve our team and clients going forward." SEC co-chief of the division ...