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CSLR a 'shared responsibility' for all AFCA members: SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
Responding to the Treasury consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), the SMSF Association (SMSFA) agrees the most efficient and equitable way to fund the special levy is to spread it across all Australian Financial Complaints Authority ...

Conscious IM delivers affordable housing solutions

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Conscious Investment Management (CIM) has partnered with one of Australia's most experienced affordable housing providers, St George Community Housing (SGCH), to acquire 102 dwellings in Box Hill, Victoria. The properties are being delivered as affordable ...

Allow couples tax-free super splitting: Hume

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
A bill that would allow couples to split their collective superannuation balances evenly between them to improve the gender super gap was tabled in Parliament yesterday. The Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Tackling the Gender Super Gap) Bill 2025 ...

FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
In its submission to the Treasury consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) Special Levy for 2025/26, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said financial advisers should not be expected to pay more than the $20 million ...

Grattan calls for large scale tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
The Grattan Institute chief executive Aruna Sathanapally called for tax reform when presenting at the three-day Economic Reform Roundtable. "A good tax system raises the revenue to fund quality public services. A better tax system does that more efficiently ...

InterPrac hit with $22m in AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Sequoia Financial Group's InterPrac Financial Planning is facing $22 million worth of complaints lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) for its advisers' role in the collapse of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
The Productivity Commission (PC) has published an interim report setting out key reforms to investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transition. The PC said Australia needs to address the gaps and overlaps in emissions reduction incentives ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
Custodians are stepping up as regulators target super funds' $3.5 trillion private asset rush. Australia's super funds face mounting scrutiny over their rapid shift into private markets, as concerns grow about transparency, valuations and liquidity ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Two advice licensees have paid infringement notices after they were found to have authorised advisers and had them provide personal advice while unregistered. Skye Money and Smart Financial Capital have both paid fines of $31,300 to ASIC for authorising ...

Stop delaying Payday Super laws, says SMC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
With Australia's unpaid super bill growing by $110 million each week, a survey from Super Members Council (SMC) shows 70% of Aussies want to see the payday super laws implemented as scheduled. Payday super laws are slated to come into effect on 1 July ...