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Licensees slash compliance spending: Survey

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025

... bodies are calling for the swift passage of major legislation such as Payday Super and DBFO within the first 100 days of parliament. The law firm's 2025 Compliance Trends Survey also asked licensees about how they manage conflicts of interest. Two thirds ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025

... result of the election," Anderson said in a statement to Financial Standard, adding that "we will need to wait for the parliament to return to re-instate the Senate inquiry." The Senate, however, may not sit again until July or August. "There's a ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025

... SMC called on the government to move swiftly on the passage of payday super legislation within the first 100 days of Parliament, and the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms. SMC said it would also push for the parliament to lift the Low-Income ...

Super lobbies welcome bipartisan support to fight financial abuse

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 28 APR 2025

... systemic abuse which indirectly contributed to the cause of the victim's death. "A clear resolve from all across the Parliament is crucial to prevent perpetrators from walking away with the super of the person they abused. We encourage all parties and ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025

... issue that we have to address. I acknowledge the need for us to fix this urgently," she said. "In this last term of parliament, I beat a fairly well-worn path to the Assistant Treasurer's door to talk about the issues related to financial advice ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025

... Federal Election Summit today, labelling the tax on unrealised gains a "very bad policy". "I have worked across the parliament, with the Senate, particularly on the unrealised gains tax to make the case for how much damage it would do," Spender said. ...

ASIC told to 'end the chaos' of ASX CHESS issues

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has released its final report on its reviews into ASIC. Committee chair Daniel Mulino MP said the report covered key issues relating to how the regulator deals with complaints and how it executes ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025

... cost-of-living relief, cutting student debt, tax cuts and more investment into infrastructure and healthcare. In his speech to parliament Chalmers said the Australian economy was "turning a corner". "Inflation is down, incomes are rising, unemployment ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025

... and we urge the Opposition to also commit support for the legislation. We'll continue to work closely with the Parliament, business leaders and other stakeholders to ensure these reforms are successfully implemented by 2026." Likewise, Association ...

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025

... years, and my government is committed to seeing that work through. We want to ensure that as a new minister and a new parliament approaches their roles, all that early work has been done so that it is just down to the job of getting laws through parliament ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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