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Adviser numbers drop, FAAA strengthens recruitment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
As adviser numbers drop below 16,000, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) is ramping up its initiatives to curb the attrition rate and meet the soaring demand for advice. The FAAA's chief executive Sarah Abood, who spoke at the newly merged ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
To understand how the 2023-24 federal budget was built, you need to understand its 2022-23 foundations because just five taxes accounted for 97% of all taxation revenue and just six programs accounted for 71% of all expenditures, with the biggest two ...

Skynet fraudster terminated by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
The regulator issued a permanent ban to the director of Melbourne's Skynet Financial Services for stealing his clients' retirement savings to fund a lavish lifestyle and pay personal debts. Between 2013 and 2017, Terence Rio Nugara advised clients to ...

Global X debuts US corporate bond ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
Global X has launched a US investment grade corporate bond ETF, amid skyrocketing credit demand. The Global X USD Corporate Bond ETF (Currency Hedged) (USIG) aims to provide investors with access to the world's largest corporate bond in a cost-effective ...

Chalmers' promise to end super wars foiled by criticism

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... Though, Dutton didn't directly answer whether the Coalition would index the $3 million in super. In an interview with Sky News, Dutton expressed that he believed that Australians' superannuation is their hard-earned money, and that the basic ...

Government to close child sex abuser loophole in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... (ATO) data about offenders' superannuation accounts, giving transparency to victims of their assets. In an interview with Sky News, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said: "We want to ensure that convicted child ...

Never been more optimistic: Abood

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Despite the uncertainty facing the financial advice sector, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah Abood says she's never felt more optimistic about the future. Welcoming more than 1200 delegates to the 2022 FPA Professionals ...

Gurner Group to develop $1.75bn Docklands site

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... of a mixed-use retail and commercial precinct with both build-to-sell and build-to-rent residential towers, the hotel and sky-high hospitality venues will be surrounded by a lagoon and cascading greenery. Gurner Group owner Tim Gurner said: "This acquisition ...

Still work to do on QAR: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
Michelle Levy recounted hearing feedback on the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) for the first time to a panel comprising Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Anderson, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah ...

Atlas Arteria ignores IFM opposition to latest deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
Atlas Arteria has proceeded with its acquisition of a majority interest in Chicago Skyway despite IFM Investors expressing its strong reservations over the offer. Atlas Arteria today announced it has acquired 66.67% of Skyway Concession Company which ...