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CSLR warns adviser levy will balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... of sophisticated investor​; and failure to follow instructions​ and act in clients' best interest. Separately, a relief that allows financial advisers to rely on website disclosure information instead of providing a Financial Services Guide (FSG) ...

Inflation debate: Albo says rebates will keep inflation down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... as having a material impact on the CPI figures. The ABS data found that the combined impact of Commonwealth Energy Bill Relief rebates and state government rebates drove a 17.9% drop - the largest fall in electricity prices on record. "The falls in electricity ...

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... electricity (-17.9%) were significant moderators of annual inflation for the month as a result of Commonwealth Energy Bill Relief Fund rebates. "The falls in electricity and fuel had a significant impact on the annual CPI measure this month", ABS head ...

ASIC extends two advice instruments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
ASIC has extended the reportable situations relief and personal advice record keeping requirement instruments for another five years. The regulator has established ASIC Corporations and Credit (Breach Reporting-Reportable Situations) Instrument 2024/620 ...

ASIC updates and reissues RG 121

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... which was issued in June 2013. ASIC said RG 121 has been reissued to remove references to expired or repealed AFS licensing relief, including class relief granted by ASIC to foreign financial services providers and foreign collective investment schemes. ...

ASIC updates super calculator relief instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
ASIC is updating the default rate of nominal wage inflation in its relief instrument, which will affect those who provide superannuation forecasts. The default rate of nominal wage inflation will decrease from 4% p.a. to 3.7% p.a. in ASIC (Superannuation ...

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 ...

Inflation eases in July

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... new Commonwealth and State rebates drove the fall in 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," ...

ASIC wins case against crypto exchange Kraken

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... facility. ASIC and Bit Trade have been given seven days to hash out an "appropriate form" of declaratory and injunctive relief. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said the outcome sends a "salient reminder to the crypto industry" about the importance of compliance ...

Fed's Powell says 'time has come' to cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... the more reassuring labour market backdrop," she said. "Overall, however, the key takeaway from today should be one of relief. With the Fed alert to labour market risks and ready to start cutting rates, recession risk should start abating."