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FAAA calls on advisers: 'We ask for your support'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson has outlined the industry's biggest gripes with the collapse of Dixon Advisory and how it has been handled. Anderson said he is angry about the ...

ASFA pushes for tax redistribution to benefit low-income workers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... taxation on superannuation balances above $3 million (Division 296) and for those earning $250,000 plus (Division 293). The advocacy body has recommended that $750 million of the revenue generated be allocated to increase the Low-Income Superannuation ...

TelstraSuper fields influx of merger offers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... important," TelstraSuper said. "The fund is in a strong and healthy position with positive net member growth, high member advocacy and a growing retirement segment." As at March end, about 14,000 of the fund's 93,000 members are invested in its retirement ...

Cbus strategy chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... of chief strategy officer of investments. Her new portfolio included public affairs, strategic communications, policy, advocacy, and external relations. West joined the fund in 2016 as the investment manager of innovation and strategy. Before that, she ...

UK announces new Pension Schemes Bill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... access lump sum payments sooner. In welcoming the bill, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association director of policy and advocacy Nigel Peaple said: "We are pleased to see a pensions bill in the King's Speech. No time has been wasted in bringing ...

Bitcoin ETF price war: VanEck, Monochrome cut costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... investors from the nuances of crypto asset investments. This distinction sets our product apart, aligning with Monochrome's advocacy for a true direct spot Bitcoin ETF," Yew said. Today, he reiterated the need clear and accurate disclosures to empower ...

Regulation, profitability top adviser worries: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... generate the opposite effect of the intent behind the Quality of Advice Review," he said. BT head of financial literacy and advocacy Bryan Ashenden agreed that the CSLR levy "is particularly contentious." "Advisers agree that people should have the right ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... leading the bank's consumer division through a period of significant change while retaining industry leading customer advocacy scores. She said that he's driven the bank's deposit franchise through prudent management of its branch network ...

New recruits top advice industry priority: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... advisers registered as at 30 June 2024, is scheduled to land in August. FAAA general manager of policy, strategy, and advocacy Phil Anderson told the briefing that it does not appear as though the ASIC levy will reduce. "None of the messages coming out ...

New NALE rules, AFCA's super powers passed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... said. "The amendments remove a potential risk to the retirement savings of millions of Australians; and follow ASFA's advocacy based on extensive consultation with industry over several years. "The revised rules acknowledge that large funds are unlikely ...