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Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
The government's Treasury review into the operation of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) laws and MySuper performance tests has had a mixed reception. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said the government is ...

Sri Lanka announces bankruptcy

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Sri Lanka's debt-laden economy has collapsed, and its newly elected prime minister has announced bankruptcy as the island nation suffers its worst financial crisis in decades. Due to the crisis, the country has seen severe shortages of necessities like ...

Performance test expansion paused as government announces review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Treasury has halted the extension of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test beyond MySuper products for 12 months while conducting a review of the laws. Minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced that the review will commence ...

Appian appoints head of Australia, Asia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
Appian Capital Advisory has announced the appointment of Peter Nicholson as a senior advisor, head of Australia and Asia. Based in Perth, Nicholson will lead origination, transaction evaluation, due diligence and structuring. But, in addition to overseeing ...

Foord Asset Management enters Australia, mandates EQT

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
Foord Asset Management has expanded into the Australian market, announcing Equity Trustees as responsible entity (RE) for its local offering. The new Foord Global Equity Australian Feeder Fund invests exclusively in the Foord SICAV- Foord Global Equity ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
A new co-investment scheme, backed by family offices and institutional investors, will be made available to first responders and frontline workers, helping them secure a property close to their workplace. Launched today, the Home Owners' Partnering ...

July 1 super changes: Are you ready?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
As we celebrate the 30th birthday of the Superannuation Guarantee, the new financial year brings with it plenty of changes to super. Here's what you need to know. From tomorrow, significant changes to superannuation and its surrounding legislation ...

Retirement Income Covenant a win for advisers - but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
The long-awaited Retirement Income Covenant comes into effect tomorrow and, with super funds unable to consider members' personal circumstances, there's a view that its introduction could significantly impact the financial advice sector - but ...

ASIC urges market to improve outage resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
ASIC is calling on market operators and participants to continue implementing and improving the resilience of the Australian equity market during outages. ASIC released the findings of its review into the ASX outage in November 2020 and other incidents ...

Ken Henry resigns from ASX board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
The ASX board has announced the departure of non-executive director Ken Henry, appointing Heather Smith in the role. Henry announced his retirement, stating he will not seek re-election when his term expires at the 2022 annual general meeting. He has ...