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Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... the real purpose of the Age Pension," he said. "Secondly, I think we need an objective to enable most Australians to maintain broad living standards during their retirement years."

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
The government has blamed its predecessor for inheriting a budget burdened by $1 trillion in gross debt and deficits projected for at least the next decade. Consequently, new fiscal policies have largely been offset for this year and the next. "We face ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
ASIC has released two reports on better and poorer practices in wholesale financial markets, encouraging participants in these markets to benchmark themselves against industry standards. Report 741 Conduct risk in wholesale fixed income markets (REP ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
A range of tax and superannuation changes that were announced by the previous government but never legislated have been scrapped by the Labor government. To provide certainty to industry and those that would have been impacted by the measures, the government ...

FSC adds to Life Insurance Code of Practice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
Several new consumer protections will be added to the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s Life Insurance Code of Practice, including the industry's first guidelines on family and domestic violence, as well as new protections in the genetics moratorium. ...

Retirees are silent casualties of inflation: Challenger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... doesn't have that protection. Without a wage or salary increasing with inflation, retirees face additional risks to maintain their lifestyle, the report said. "Even modest rates of inflation can hamper a retiree's lifestyle; with inflation of ...

Quantifying the value of a financial adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... right asset allocation for specific goals, circumstances, and preferences. Also, not having the discipline and skills to maintain that asset allocation in the face of market movements and volatility. Russell Investments head of adviser and intermediary ...

Jarden restructures, shuffles team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... in 2016 of quadrupling its business by 2026, however it now expects to have achieved this by 2024. As a result, and to maintain momentum, the group has introduced two core business lines, Jarden Wealth and Jarden Investment Bank. Jarden Wealth will comprise ...

TPB, bans dishonest tax agents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... Regulatory Branch assistant commissioner Justin Micale welcomed the TPB decisions as an important outcome that helps maintain the integrity of the SMSF regulatory regime. "The SMSF annual audit is a critical integrity check to ensure the validity and ...

Government to boost paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... give families more leave - and more flexibility, to ensure the system works in a way that's best for them." It will also maintain the use-it-or-lose it approach, incentivising new parents to take up the scheme. "Our plan will mean more families take-up ...