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FAAA ramps up Dixon inquiry campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) is calling on all federal members of parliament to support a public inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory and the flow-on effect on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). The FAAA has written ...

More to do in the fight against inflation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
The government is rolling out a host of measures to provide cost-of-living relief to Australians. As previously flagged in the Budget, from this month the government will provide more help for renters, pensioners and reduce the cost of medicines for ...

Independent MPs call for super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Independent MPs have called for urgent amendments to the Better Targeted Super Bill, particularly regarding the proposed taxation of unrealised gains. The controversial legislation introduces a 30% tax rate for superannuation earnings exceeding $3 million ...

RBA on hold: Experts split on 2024 cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates unchanged at 4.35% at its August board meeting. RBA governor Michele Bullock said the case for an interest rate cut in the near-term was not a likely scenario. "Based on what I know today and what ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... just an estimate, and the final amount could change. We think this amount remains much too high for a shrinking small business financial advice sector, the vast majority of whom are doing the right thing yet are paying for supervision and enforcement ...

Former director disqualified for breaching obligations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
Having been involved in three failed companies, ASIC has disqualified a former financial services industry director for five years. Christian Oey was the director of two financial services companies between May 1999 and November 2018, Clickthru and ...

New boutique launches private debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... said. "To achieve this, we needed a partner with extensive credit and risk experience, coupled with a passion for small business. Sanja Crnogorac was the perfect fit-highly regarded, proven in her success, and dedicated to upholding transparency and ...

New NALE rules, AFCA's super powers passed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... Complaints Authority's (AFCA) remit over super passed Parliament on June 25. Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023, which contains the new laws governing non-arm's length expenses of superannuation ...

AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is seeking feedback from the financial services industry on its proposed annual Approach document schedule for financial year 2024-2025. AFCA Approach documents support consumers, small businesses ...

Pollaers to chair AFCA for another three years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... received more than 270,000 complaints, with over $775 million being paid in compensation to individual consumers and small business owners. In addition to AFCA, Pollaers serves as chancellor of Swinburne University and is a non-executive director of ...