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Super to be paid on parental leave from July 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024

... scheme will begin receiving Superannuation Guarantee contributions from 1 July 2025, with the bill passing through the Senate this morning. Under the legislation, those who take paid parental leave will accumulate SG contributions on the income paid ...

Hanson backs Dixon Advisory inquiry

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024

... will soon launch after the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) gained support from Senator Pauline Hanson in the senate yesterday. After pounding the pavement for months, the FAAA has successfully secured a motion to investigate how Dixon Advisory ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024

... Equal Pay Day, to help normalise conversations about menopause and menstruation in the workplace. In November 2023, the Senate referred an inquiry into issues related to menopause and perimenopause to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee ...

Pensioners to pay more under aged care reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024

... will be accessible from age 50 provided they have exhausted other alternatives and actively choose to enter aged care. A Senate inquiry is to review the proposed legislation over a six-week period, but the government expects to pass the reforms by the ...

Superannuation objective legislation hits Senate floor

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024

The Senate will consider legislation to define an objective of superannuation. The Superannuation (Objective) Bill enshrines the goal to preserve savings to deliver income for a dignified retirement, alongside government support, in an equitable and ...

Too much being asked of super trustees: Levy

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024

Speaking in a personal capacity at the Senate Economics Committee, Michelle Levy said it is too much to expect superannuation trustees to fix Australia's housing problem. Levy said she is sympathetic to the housing crisis, noting that she agrees owning ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024

... doubled the number of new insider trading investigations commenced over the previous financial year. This comes after the Senate Economics Committee delivered a scathing final report on ASIC and making 11 recommendations. Chief among them was a recommendation ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024

... strongly for the ASIC levy to be reduced, along with more transparency on how these costs are arrived at." A report by the Senate Economics References Committee on ASIC's investigation and enforcement released last week called for a review of how the ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024

The Senate committee tasked with assessing the capabilities of ASIC says the government should recognise the regulator has "comprehensively failed to fulfil its regulatory remit", calling for a complete overhaul of its structure, powers and how it's ...

Super account advice fees a sticking point for advice bill: Senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024

... its final report it wants "greater legal clarity" to how advice fees are deducted from superannuation fund accounts. The Senate Economics Legislation Committee, led by chair senator Jess Walsh, tabled its final report today. The bill, Treasury Laws Amendment ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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