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Advice firm revenues jump 45%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
Despite employing fewer staff and a reduction in client numbers, financial advice firms saw revenues shoot up by nearly 50% from two years ago. A survey of 122 advice practices conducted by Business Health and Iress found average revenue jumped from ...

BlackRock drops more ETF fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
BlackRock's iShares Core FTSE Global Infrastructure (GLIN) and iShares Core FTSE Global Property ex Australia (GLPR) ETF fees have been lowered. The ETFs were listed in May this year and originally priced at 20 basis points (or 0.20%). The new fee ...

Jones lifts adviser levy freeze, updates funding model

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... recovered through the IFM (including enforcement costs) remains appropriate and should not be removed from the model to be budget-funded instead," the report read. As part of the changes, Jones recommends to spread the costs of certain regulatory activities. ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... calling. Unsolicited calls to consumers about superannuation advice should be banned, the industry body said in its May pre-budget submission, adding that it is aware of several financial advice businesses employing intermediaries to gain business this ...

Consultation opens on NALI reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) Bill 2023 seeks to refine the NALI provisions announced in the 2023-24 Budget. The bill contains amendments to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 which limits the application of the non-arm's length ...

Super planning remains top adviser focus this EOFY: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... small businesses should be aware of super payday changes. "A lot of advisers probably saw that, just before the federal budget, the government made an announcement that they intend to introduce legislation to have payday SG payments," he said. "So, a ...

Senate Committee rethinks franking credit changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... distributions funded by capital raisings from being frankable. The latter measure, whilst forecast to generate a $40 million budget windfall over the next four years, is based on data from 2016. Despite the fiscal benefits touted in Schedule 5 of the ...

Risk of recession growing: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... still AMP's forecast however he admits a lot will be down to the RBA. "Most forecasters have growth slowing down, the budget released early in May showed a slowdown in the next financial year to 1.5%, the RBA's forecasts of growth slowing down ...

It's painful, but it's working: Lowe

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... expecting the unemployment rate to be just a touch over 4%," he said. This is based on both the impact of the government's budget and the RBA's increase in interest rates. "This is our ambition and our hope, but it's also our expectation," he said. However ...

US debt ceiling agreement reached

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... loans. President Biden labelled the agreement "good news" when delivering his address. "We've reached a bipartisan budget agreement that we're ready to move to the full Congress," he said. "I think it's a really important step forward, it ...