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Super performance test needs personal rate of return: Adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... definition of TDPs, adjusting fee parameters, and assessing the benchmarks. "FSC research demonstrates that policy and regulation is too often designed with default, MySuper arrangements in mind, and then awkwardly applied to investment platforms and ...

Wollemi Capital appoints former state Treasurer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... state government for 13 years, holding several senior roles including serving as NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation from 2017 to 2019, NSW Minister for Energy and Environment from 2019 to 2023, NSW Treasurer from 2021 to 2023 and Deputy ...

FAAA calls on advisers: 'We ask for your support'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... anything about Dixon Advisory or the likely cost in the Explanatory Memorandum to the CSLR legislation and failed to do a regulation impact statement for the CSLR. The FAAA also took aim at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

Family offices face more complex challenges: Ocorian

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
Family offices are becoming more professional, but they face significant challenges, particularly with regulation and compliance, according to an international study by Ocorian. The research from Ocorian revealed that of the approximately 300 family ...

Choice products require fairer framework: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... assessing the trustee. FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said the current one-size-fits-all approach to superannuation regulation prioritises simple, default arrangements, adversely impacting the 70% of the market characterised by engaged consumers making ...

New shadow assistant treasurer's vision for advice, super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Luke Howarth has reaffirmed the opposition unreservedly supports Michelle Levy's Quality of Advice Review (QAR) recommendations and wouldn't go back to the drawing board, at an event hosted by the Financial Services ...

CalSTRS creates Total Fund Management division

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... innovations like artificial intelligence, has brought economic benefits but also has created challenges in effective regulation, talent management, and understanding its disruptive potential. "The questions I continue to pose is how can CalSTRS build ...

Treasury releases M&A draft reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
Treasury has released a draft of the intended reforms to Australian merger and acquisitions (M&A) processes. The reforms were flagged by the government back in April, in which it said the new rules would promote competition, protect consumers, and provide ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... "Separating this broad remit into two individual bodies will provide a more coherent and consistent approach to corporate regulation and law enforcement," Senator Andrew Bragg said. "We have also recommended a suite of measures to improve governance ...

Consultation opens on tax practitioners' registration

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
Treasury has opened consultation on reforming the registration framework for tax practitioners, reviewing the key areas of education, qualification, and experience requirements. The consultation is part of the government's response to the PwC tax ...