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Australians demand unpaid super laws: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... enough to tackle unpaid superannuation and that legislation is the only solution to an ongoing problem. An overwhelming majority of participants (89%) want a new law that forces employers to pay super at the same time as salary. ISA chief executive Bernie ...

Advisers forgo charitable conversations: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
Many financial advisers intend to incorporate charitable giving in the advice process, but the majority still do not broach the topic with clients, a Financial Standard survey shows. More than half (54%) of the financial advisers polled do not have ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... income earners instead. Deborah Ralston, spokesperson for the Alliance and chair of the SMSF Association, said the vast majority of people who will be affected by the proposed franking credit changes receive a refund of less than $5000 a year. Ralston ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... female board aspirants was a lack of senior executive experience, and particularly financial management experience. The majority of board members surveyed were in their 50s, and had experience with government and not-for-profit boards as well as at private ...

Midwinter acquires InvestmentLink

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... maintain key relationships with platforms and data feed clients as head of institutional growth. Midwinter says that a majority of InvestmentLink staff will be retained, and the technology and teams will be consolidated over time. Midwinter co-founders ...

EQT names local head of fund services

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... relationships with Australian and international clients. EQT has established an office in London after acquiring the majority share of a UK-based funds governance business. It also opened an office in Dublin in 2019. James Gardner and Kevin Lavery lead ...

Morgan Stanley raises capital for 86 400

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... transaction accounts, savings accounts and retail mortgages." 86 400 has over 80 staff at the moment. Bell was clear that a majority of those staff members are involved in product testing, which means that if the aspiring bank gets its APRA licence it ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... constraints, legacy systems, technological readiness, compliance issues and concerns of privacy and security. While the majority of insurtechs are now working with incumbent insurers, Parton said the focus should now be about making that collaboration ...

SMSF wind-ups spike: ATO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... current level of 20,000 per year. I do not see wind-ups returning to the lower level," he said. However, he added that a majority of new SMSFs being set up are by those aged in their 40s and 50s which means that franking credits are not such an issue ...

Lax regulation worsens lost super benefits: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... made such salary sacrifices have lost $1.5 billion because employers accounted for it as a super contribution. Given the majority (80%) of underpaid workers receive a partial payment, this makes the ATO's job of going after unscrupulous employers ...