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Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Generative AI, a rapidly advancing form of deep learning that mimics human output, also raises concerns about the verifiability of its results, UTS industry professor - emerging technology Nicholas Davis says. Appearing at the Stockbroker and Investment ...

Australia requires swifter settlement cycle: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Australia is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt the T+1 settlement cycle along with major global financial centres, according to operations experts who spoke at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association Conference (SIAA) ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... received by those in the financial services industry. Superannuation measures The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) welcomed measures to further strengthen and improve equality in Australia's superannuation system, and bolster Australia's ...

Budget 2024: Stage 3 tax cuts to take effect July 1

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Stage 3 tax cuts will go ahead as planned after the Albanese government made some amendments due to the cost-of-living crisis. Coming into effect July 1, every taxpayer will benefit from a tax cut. However, those earning over $180,000 will see their ...

Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government is focused on changing the way the nation attracts and deploys investment. "We will create a front door for investors to accelerate and coordinate transformational projects, establish a domestic National Interest ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... social and affordable rental homes $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator to deliver around 4,000 new social homes across Australia $3 billion New Homes Bonus to incentivise states and territories to build more homes $5.5 billion Help to Buy scheme to ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... for males and $158,806 for females, according to November 2023 data from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Other measures announced include investing $56.1 million over four years to improve access to sexual and reproductive ...

Head of institutional capital departs MA Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
MA Financial's head of institutional capital is taking on a new role elsewhere. Mike Pyke has served in the role at MA Financial for more than four years but was with the alternative asset manager for over a decade. While there, he led the IPO of MA ...

FAAA calls for 'fairness' ahead of Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has called on the Federal government to better manage costs across the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and implement a fairer ASIC funding levy for advisers. In its pre-budget submission ...
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