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A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... the Joint Associations Working Group also welcomed the paper's publication. "This Proposal Paper demonstrates the federal government's ongoing commitment to an independent review aimed at identifying suitable ways to improve access to quality ...

CEFC invests in Macquarie cattle station fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
The federal government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed $75 million to Macquarie-owned Paraway Pastrol, as the farming giant aims to cut its methane emissions. The investment, made via the Macquarie Pastoral Fund, will see Paraway reduce ...

MobiSuper, licensee to pay $250k penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... superannuation advice laws while promoting the MobiSuper fund. MobiSuper and ZIB Financial will pay the combined penalty after the Federal Court found MobiSuper representatives had phoned customers and provided personal advice without acting in the customers' ...

What's missing for advisers: Atchison Consultants

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... Composite benchmark to measure the performance of debt markets like using the election result of Queensland to call the Federal election.

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... does not include superannuation, sending a clear message that caring work is undervalued," Blakey added. Prior to the federal election in May it was revealed the Labor Party had dropped its plans to pay super on paid parental leave, having taken that ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... movements in financial markets is never easy, and no one has a crystal ball. We used to be in an environment where the US Federal Reserve was incredibly supportive of risk assets, she notes. "The Fed had inflation under control and was seeking to stimulate ...

Commonwealth Bank profit nears $10bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... investment in a joint venture." The group is currently defending itself against several class actions filed against it in Federal Court. Three are in relation to superannuation products while another superannuation class action was settled in June. Other ...

Reserve Bank explores digital currency potential

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... objectives and approach of the project. A report on the findings of the review will be published at its conclusion. The US Federal Reserve is also currently examining the pros and cons of a CBDC to improve its domestic payments system. Its project launch ...

US Senate passes $1tn Inflation Reduction Act

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... drug prices and extends the Affordable Care Act program for three years. On the groundbreaking package, Ceres director of federal policy Zach Friedman commented: "The US Senate has put the nation on the cusp of achieving the most ambitious federal climate ...

Government strengthens multinationals tax laws

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... short and makes it harder for us to fund the things that we really care about health care and education and all of those federal government programs that we need to fund in the context of all of our other budget constraints." The changes contemplated ...