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Former APRA chair joins ASX board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... role as APRA chair, he served on the Reserve Bank of Australia's payment systems board and was a member of the Australian Council of Financial Regulators. Byres stepped down as APRA chair in October 2022 after holding the role for eight years. The appointment ...

Super for housing 'economically reckless': SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has warned that encouraging young Australians to use their superannuation for a house deposit could dramatically drive-up house prices and deplete their retirement savings. "We all desperately want more Australians to ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... of $5 million and essentially fast track residency in Australia, to attract potential investors. The Financial Services Council estimates that SIVs have attracted $15 billion from investors, mainly from China. Some $2.7 billion of this sits in venture ...

FSC expands financial advice membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is expanding its remit into the financial advice sector by adding six licensees to its network of members. Count, Fortnum Private Wealth, Infocus, Otivo, Rhombus Advisory, and WT Financial Group have joined FSC's ...

State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... loophole that protects paedophiles' superannuation from access by survivors of child sexual abuse. The Legislative Council unanimously supported the motion from shadow assistant minister to the shadow attorney general Laura Henderson, which called ...

Former AMP Capital research lead joins family office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... focus to federal politics, where he worked as a political advisor in the Howard government before joining the Property Council of Australia after the 2007 election. He also did a stint with CBRE. In 2014, Dixon founded Colliers Edge, a real estate data ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... are significant and will reinforce public confidence in Australia's competition laws," Cass-Gottlieb said. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) praised the proposed reforms to company mergers as it strikes a balance between economic and regulatory ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Foreign investors are feeling particularly optimistic about Australia, according to Kearney's Global Business Policy Council's 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI). The survey, which reflects investor sentiment regarding foreign direct ...

Senate Committee endorses Superannuation Objective Bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... intergenerational fairness, ensuring young people don't experience higher tax obligations to fund the Age Pension. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) praised the Bill for enshrining "fundamental principles" of superannuation, ensuring ...

Macquarie executive to become chief product officer at BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... Victoria and Tasmania. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2000, Kline served as a senior policy manager at the Financial Services Council for over three years. BT chief executive Matt Rady said he is delighted to have Kline joining the leadership team. "Annabelle ...
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