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Patience urged over 'shortsighted' super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... penalise SMSF members for paper profits that may never materialise. "No one disputes Treasury's desire for a fair and equitable superannuation system, but to claim this tax only affects a minority and serves the national interest is shortsighted. It ...

Ascent Investment mastermind cops 33 criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... Advisory as provisional liquidators of Ascent. In 2023, the Federal Court then ordered Ascent to be wound up on just and equitable grounds, together with the managed investment scheme it operated. Dunjey was the sole director and member of Ascent. April ...

Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... digital infrastructure to ensue people always have access to financial and social services that foster an inclusive and equitable economy. "As Microsoft turns 50 years old, it feels right that I celebrate the milestone by committing to give away the ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... that financial advisers are not unfairly burdened by the cost of product failures. A cap on the advice levy and a more equitable funding model are essential." Abood also called on the government to take active steps to grow the profession by supporting ...

US pension funds haemorrhage US$249bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... had 58% of their assets in non-public equities - e.g. fixed income, private capital, real estate, commodities, etc.," Equitable said. It said "we know" the losses pension funds have experienced are deeper than the initial public equity declines. Equable ...

Insurance in super remains a mystery to millions of Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... insurance in super. SCA said a review should examine whether providing insurance in super is the most "appropriate and equitable method for meeting community expectations" for the support of people when they can longer work due to death, disability ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian Master Fund set for liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... calculation and issue of unit prices for the classes of the fund. The suspension has been put in place to help ensure equitable treatment for all unitholders," the letter read. "We will provide further updates in relation to the above matters in due ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... While progress has been made, there is still urgent work to do when it comes to breaking down barriers to having an equitable and inclusive industry. One small win is that the gender pay gap in financial services marginally narrowed from 23.6% to 22.2% ...

FAAA 'frustrated' as Dixon inquiry delayed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... adviser exam, enabling ATO portal access, enhancing tax deductibility of advice, lowering the ASIC levy, making the CSLR equitable and sustainable, and introducing 'Friends of AFCA and CSLR' roles. "As a further measure to address the problems with the ...

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... efficiency and emissions reduction measures in their rental properties." "This new strategy is an important step in an equitable energy transition, taking an integrated approach to leverage global best practice and drive clean energy outcomes to provide ...
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