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GESB renews administration mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... agreement with GESB allows us to continue driving positive retirement outcomes for members, while contributing to Western Australia's economy and community." The announcement of the renewal follows changes to the State Superannuation Act 2000 being passed ...

WA super law reforms boost GESB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... service have been passed. Changes to the State Superannuation Act 2000 have now been passed by both Houses of Western Australia's Parliament, benefiting the 250,000 current and former public sector workers who have super accounts with GESB. While the ...

Payton Capital eyes 'extensive growth', hires four

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... experience across real estate investment. Prior to CVS Lane, he was the director in real estate advisory for Western Australia at KPMG for six years and the property finance director at NAB for some seven years. Finlayson has taken on the role of senior ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... tradies, operators, technicians, engineers, scientists, submariners, and project managers. South Australia and Western Australia will be major beneficiaries. South Australia will likely construct the submarines, creating some 8500 jobs. About 4000 of ...

Mutual Trust adds three partners

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... Trust for five years, arriving from a Stonehage Fleming, a large multi-family office in London. He works in Western Australia, advising wealthy families and organisations on investment strategy development and implementation. With 20 years of experience ...

GESB adopts Protecting Your Super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
GESB, the public sector fund for Western Australia, has had its governing regulations amended to enable its adoption of the 2019 Protecting Your Super reforms - part of a broader suite of changes it's looking to implement to ensure sustainability. This ...

Early release of super scammer sent to prison

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
A Western Australian woman who illegally obtained $202,000 for herself and others via an early release of superannuation scam has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The unnamed High Wycombe woman was sentenced at the Perth District Court ...

Majority pass adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
ASIC reported a 62% pass rate for the latest sitting of the Financial Advisers Exam. In the August cycle, 231 candidates sat the exam and 143 passed. Nearly three quarters (73%) sat the exam for the first time. The results were similar to the April ...

Inflation eases in July

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... July. "The first instalments of the 2024-25 Commonwealth Energy Bill Relief Fund rebates began in Queensland and Western Australia from July 2024 with other States and Territories to follow from August," Merrington said. "In addition, state-specific ...

CommSec names top state for economic performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... report's eight key economic indicators - relative unemployment, construction work done, and dwelling starts. Western Australia remains in the second spot and is fast closing-in on first place - leading on relative population growth and home lending. ...