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Lazard to reduce workforce by 10%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... in significantly lower revenues in the quarter and the outlook for the year remains uncertain. "We are implementing cost-saving initiatives to right-size for the current environment and provide flexibility to strategically invest in our business." It ...

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 ...

Investors flock to term deposits over equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Australian investors are flocking to term deposits and away from equity funds, signalling a shift towards more conservative investment strategies. Plan for Life data revealed that Australian equities funds experienced a decline in net funds inflows ...

Former adviser jailed for six years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
A former financial adviser was sentenced to six years behind bars for committing a $650,000 fraud, using clients' SMSF savings to pay off his personal debts. Appearing before the Maroochydore District Court, former adviser Brett Gordon faced nine counts ...

Ad hoc changes to super scare self-funded retirees: ASA

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... of risk lifts the importance of financial education to build an understanding of key financial skills such as budgeting, saving and investing and retirement income planning for the Australian population." Elsewhere, the ASA agreed on the importance of ...

Superannuation market defies capital market chaos

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Australia's superannuation sector is flourishing, with APRA reporting a record-breaking $163 billion in contributions for 2021-22. This growth was driven by a 9% uptick in employer contributions and a 23% increase in member contributions. Rainmaker ...

Industry fund merger advances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
Two industry superannuation funds have reached a key milestone, signing a Heads of Agreement to form a combined fund that will manage $20 billion. Mine Super and TWUSUPER have progressed in their merger process, which began in December 2022 with the ...

UK's Nest switches investment chief

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
Liz Fernando has been promoted to chief investment officer of the pension fund, taking up the mantle from Mark Fawcett. Having joined Nest in 2020 and made deputy chief investment officer in 2021, Fernando brings with her 25 years' worth of investment ...

Slash proposed tax rate for high super balances: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
To avoid disincentivising Australians saving more for retirement, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) urges the federal government to decrease the proposed 30% tax rate for superannuation balances that exceed $3 million. This is in response ...

ATO keeping tabs on SMSF early access, tax avoidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
The tax office issued a fresh warning to the rich who use self-managed superannuation funds as a vehicle for dodging tax and those who illegally access their retirement savings early. Of the total SMSFs in existence, 25% are operated by private wealth ...