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Budget aims to please women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... and minister for women's safety Anne Ruston said this brings the Commonwealth's investment in women's safety initiatives overall to $2.5 billion to support the transition to and implementation of the next phase of the National Plan to End Violence against ...

Tough news for those already doing it tough

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... January 2021 to $150 a fortnight and were entirely ceased by the end of March 2021. Expenses in social security and welfare overall - which includes expenses for pensions, services to the aged, unemployment support, disabilities support, income support ...

Excise tax, super top budget worries

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... it's popular with a certain segment of voters. But what is the overlap between the voters who are worried about women's overall superannuation balances and people that are just really worried about a $50 a week increase in petrol prices? I haven't looked ...

Greater independence for TPB

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
... power to appoint the TPB's chief executive to the TPB chair. This means decisions about the day-to-day operations and overall direction of the TPB secretariat will effectively be under the control of the chair." This new delegation is designed to ensure ...

Regulators fret over hobby traders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... acknowledges "greater retail investor participation in wealth creation through capital markets is a positive development for the overall economic progress". It cites a UK Financial Conduct Authority paper which found that many consumers would benefit ...

Research reveals investment differentiators between sexes

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... advice, citing "whatever's trending on social media" as a priority when making investment decisions. Risk factor was the overall top priority for both men and women when it came to making investment or trading decisions, with 25% of men and 27% of women ...

ASIC issues warning to finfluencers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... prediction," the guidance states. "It doesn't matter whether or not you intend to mislead people - it's about the overall impression your post creates when it's viewed, and if your post is in fact misleading, or likely to mislead a member ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... the government at the end of 2021 seeking to alter AFSL requirements for proxy advisors were overturned in February. "Overall, the notion that voting practices can serve as a mechanism of influence for institutional investors to encourage anti-competitive ...

TAL wins life company award for 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... Association of Financial Advisers' 2021 Life Company of the Year Award for the fifth consecutive year. TAL also won the Overall Platinum and Income Protection categories. NEOS Life took home four awards for Service Quality, Trauma, Underwriting and Business ...

FPA is the preferred association: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... have 1000 or more members. "These various associations of course have different emphasis and origins. Some focus more on overall adviser needs, some more on adviser insurance needs, some on accountant advisers, SMSF advisers or those who are stockbrokers," ...