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State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... are held responsible for compensating their victims with all of their funds made available to do so." The motion follows a forum attended by members of Parliament and representatives of the Super for Survivors campaign who also welcomed the move. Websters ...

Super funds' IDR process weak, inadequate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... consumer has not engaged with the trustees' IDR process and escalate straight to AFCA," he told the recent AFCA Member Forum. "This is not our preferred way of consumers engaging with AFCA. We would much rather they come to AFCA after they have engaged ...

AFCA flags legal uncertainty on SMSF wholesale test

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA senior ombudsman Alex Sidoti used a case study at the recent AFCA Member Forum to highlight a grey area that advisers can overlook after one AFCA complainant, who was the corporate trustee of an ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Financy, Colonial First State, and the Sydney Financial Forum. "Bloch is an experienced leader in financial services, and in particular financial advice, with extensive experience in engaging ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... leading economists shared their Factor-X - also known as an X-factor - for the year ahead at this morning's Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, led by the man who coined the term, industry veteran Don Stammer. Appearing at his 18 th Chief Economists Forum ...

Angela Jackson to helm annual Chief Economists Forum

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... Economics and Policy lead economist Angela Jackson is set to lead discussions at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum 2024, joined by industry stalwart Don Stammer. Bringing together more than 700 of the industry's leading financial advice ...

Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... environment as they attempt to recoup massive losses, a new study shows. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum's (OMFIF) latest survey of 50 pension funds and 50 sovereign wealth funds - which included Australia's Future Fund - collectively ...

Inflation problem is homegrown: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... expect it to take another two years for inflation to fall that much again and move below 3%." At the recent ASIC Annual Forum, Bullock lauded the RBA's modus operandi of rapidly hiking interest rates since May 2022, signalling that she will not hesitate ...

Small, large entity regulation needs balance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... build that system; the responsiveness; we've been able to maintain confidence in the [system]," he told the ASIC Annual Forum this morning. While the major banks are raking in massive profits from a higher interest rate environment, many smaller ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... amid many challenges that looks to keep inflation at stubborn levels over the next two years. Speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum in Melbourne this morning, Bullock hailed monetary policy as a necessary yet "blunt tool" that stings the cash flow of Australians ...
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