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No extension to FASEA deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... advice industry," she said. "We don't want to see mass exodus from the industry because of that. We think that this is a fair and reasonable process but we want to make sure that everyone has the time to feel like they can achieve it." AFA chief ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... becoming off-target - Australia and the world are now finding themselves facing real and present danger of a recession. To be fair, the Budget Papers were compiled before it was made public on April 2 this year - a month (May 5) before Trump announced ...

Super JV names chief investment officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
The $26 billion Equipsuper and Catholic Super joint venture has named its inaugural chief investment officer in preparation for an official merger. Anna Shelley has been appointed to the role, following last week's announcement that Scott Cameron will ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A new report is putting forth key reforms needed to make superannuation fairer and more efficient ahead of the Federal Government's review of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the ...

Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
US president Donald Trump is envious of Chinese president Xi Jinping. Perhaps it's P-envy (I don't have to spell the word, my head will be summarily chopped off), but US President Trump admitted as much about a year and half ago and before he ...

Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... recommended mandating payment of super with payment of salary, better monitoring and stronger enforcement by the ATO, extending the Fair Entitlements Guarantee to cover SG contributions, and removing the $450 threshold for SG payment.

New super fund tests waters

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
A new superannuation fund hoping to bridge the retirement savings gap will launch with the hope of disrupting the system that has disadvantaged women. Super Life is founded by chief executive Pascale Helyar-Moray, who formerly led Human Super. According ...

ASIC to crack down on platform fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
Since the end of the Royal Commission, ASIC has been collecting information from platforms on the fees they charge and the financial advisers using them. In a letter obtained by Financial Standard, ASIC requested the names of every retail client who ...

Former financial adviser charged

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... undermining market integrity. "Attempts to achieve the minimum spread requirement through artificial means is inconsistent with the fair and orderly operation of the market," Armour said at the time. "ASIC will take action to ban people from providing ...

Industry funds name new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Equipsuper and Catholic Super have appointed a new chief executive, after recently announcing they were joining forces to create a $26 billion joint venture. Scott Cameron, a senior executive with Computershare, has been appointed to lead Equipsuper ...