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ATO streamlines tax return process

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... approach for tax time to allow people to easily claim tax deductions for work from home arrangements. Assistant commissioner Karen Foat said the ATO has a range of different approaches to support taxpayers and the community through this tax time. "We ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Commonwealth Bank, Credit Union Australia, Latitude Finance Australia, NAB, Suncorp-Metway and Westpac. ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said the investigation of major banks and lenders uncovered the design and sale of consumer credit insurance consistently ...

Culture is key in a crisis: Australian Ethical

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... Institute of Australia's virtual governance and risk management forum, Australian Ethical Investments chief risk officer Karen Hughes implored companies to keep business culture alive during the COVID-19 crisis. "Culture plays probably one of the most ...

ASIC delivers thinly veiled warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... alternatives, ASIC fears. The regulator made no specific mention of Mayfair 101 in the warning to consumers. ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester warned consumers that if an investment product promises higher returns than a term deposit then it probably also ...

Platform ends year with hiring spree

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... 2019 with a raft of new hires, including additions to the board of its superannuation offering. Xplore Wealth appointed Karen Machovsky as project governance and change management head and Durand Oliver as state distribution manager. Machovsky brings ...

Consultation opens for design, distribution guidance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... reinforce fundamental business considerations for firms, their boards and ultimately their shareholders," ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said. Chester added that the obligations - which require firms to design products meeting the needs of the consumers ...

Remediation bill tops $10b: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... million has been returned to 1.2 million consumers. Speaking at the FINSIA: The Regulators 2019 conference, ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said "doing the right thing", particularly when dealing with non-financial risks, is a commercial "must have". ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... Commission." The suit originally was brought by the $478 million Fireman's Retirement System of St. Louis and retail investor Karen Sbriglio. On 24 July 2019, the FTC announced that Facebook agreed to pay a $5 billion penalty and establish a board-level ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... those are probably the main ones." These were the words St. Louis Fed president James Bullard podcast in his interview with Karen Mracek - media relations coordinator at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - overnight (on August 14). Perhaps I'm turning ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
"Such a feelin's comin' over me There is wonder in most everything I see..." - Karen Carpenter Not long now - just less than a percentage away (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it ...