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Advice reforms draft laws consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Draft regulation of the first tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reform package is now up for consultation. Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes) Regulations 2024 has five sections that aim to make access to ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
Active Super has been found guilty of misleading the public with false claims about its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials. The profit-to-member fund, which is set to merge with Vision Super in March 2025, made claims on its website ...

Platform reveals advice firms' top issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
Practice management, advice technology, and superannuation are top of mind for financial advisers who want to improve their aptitude and knowledge, according to professional networking platform Ensombl. The analysis of adviser conversations stemming ...

ASX loses technology and data head

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... technology and data remits in July 2023. Chesterman's responsibilities include overseeing data ASX products such as reference data, benchmarks and indices, and DataSphere, as well as data centre and connectivity services businesses such as the Australian ...

UK forewarns Australia on wholesale test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... Services inquiry is considering a refresh of the entire wholesale investor test framework. According to the terms of reference, the government will look at any proposals to change the tests, potential intended and unintended consequences of any change ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... practice, legal requirements, and consequences for investors will all be under the microscope. According to the terms of reference, the government will look at the proposals to change the wholesale investor tests, the ensuing consequences, as well as ...

Wholesale investor tests up for parliamentary review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... Services will review the wholesale investor tests to determine if they are still relevant. According to the terms of reference, the inquiry will cover legal requirements, consequences of an investor meeting the relevant test, and the application of the ...

Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... and right now unit labour cost growth remain very high and it's still alluding to the risk of supply shocks (with reference to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East)." Nevertheless, his assessment remains that the combination of weaker growth ...

Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... risk-adjusted returns above the risk-free rate, a peer comparison of these returns, and a measurement relative to a simple-reference portfolio (SRP) frontier. These options focus on risk-adjusted returns, gauging trustees' ability to deliver good returns ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... menopause and perimenopause to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs in November 2023. Under the terms of reference, the committee is tasked with investigating the economic consequences of menopause and perimenopause, including but not limited ...