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Payday super to boost retirement savings for millions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... real-time payments will bolster the ATO's ability to detect missed super payments. "This will allow the ATO to take timely action to remind employers who have made a genuine mistake to pay and take more serious action against employers who are engaging ...

Future Super accused of greenwashing via Facebook post

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... we were concerned it may be misleading to investors and potential investors," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "This action should send a message to the financial services industry that ASIC is continuing to focus on greenwashing broadly, in statements ...

JPMorgan among banks to bid in First Republic sale

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... early 2023," it said. Holding up its own hands, the Federal Reserve added that supervisors failed to take forceful enough action. "Federal Reserve oversight proved inadequate for the well-documented and significant vulnerabilities and managerial weaknesses ...

Biggest super funds face human rights complaints

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Traditional Owners of three First Nations and superannuation fund members have filed human rights complaints against Australia's top 20 super funds over their investments in Santos Limited's proposed Barossa and Narrabri gas projects. Yesterday ...

Former adviser jailed for six years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... also used funds for her own expenses, ASIC said in 2018. On the basis of a sworn affidavit by Swift, ASIC did not take action against her. Gordon's conduct was described by Judge Barlow KC as "deliberate, fraudulent and unforgivable given his position ...

Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
A host of Equity Trustees and OnePath options once again dominated the worst-performing and most expensive Choice products in APRA's newly published heatmap results. Of the 407 options with an eight-year return history APRA analysed, 182 or 45% ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

Iress unveils major restructure, new leadership

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
Following a strategic review aimed at boosting shareholder returns, Iress has overhauled its organisational structure and senior leadership team. The restructure seeks to enhance Iress' focus on financial advice, trading and market data, and superannuation ...

Experience pathway consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... 2021 would meet one part of the educational requirements. Advisers must also show they have not recorded any disciplinary action on the Financial Advisers Register before 31 December 2021 and pass the adviser exam. Currently, advisers must complete an ...

RBA reforms require bipartisan support: Chalmers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... with RBA governor Philip Lowe, he will call upon his colleagues, the Opposition and the crossbench on the best courses of action, adding that "I genuinely want this to be bipartisan". "There will be a legislative element to the recommendations that have ...