Eliza Bavin
Senior Journalist at Financial Standard
📰 Business and finance journalist @YahooFinanceAU ✉ [email protected]
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1 week ago |
financialstandard.com.au | Eliza Bavin
Ironbark Investment Partners has expanded its private wealth business with the acquisition of Mercury Private, a Sydney-based high-net-worth and family office firm. Established in May 2015, Mercury offers a range of financial services from investment advice, asset protection, tax structuring, succession, estate planning and philanthropy to high-net-worth individuals.
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1 week ago |
financialstandard.com.au | Eliza Bavin
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant told Financial Standard that many super fund trustees have taken accountability for not meeting their requirements to members, know they need to improve and accept the penalties that are brought against them. However, when it comes to the court applying large penalties on profit-to-member funds, Constant said concerns that members might foot the bill is a "sideshow". "They've said it to us, and they have said it publicly, 'We need to do better'.
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1 week ago |
financialstandard.com.au | Eliza Bavin
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a "productivity bubble", in which measured labour productivity rose to a record high between January 2020 and March 2022 before returning to pre-pandemic levels in June 2023, the Productivity Commission (PC) has revealed. New research from the PC investigated the causes of the bubble and found that it "only served to mask the issues" at the heart of Australia's ongoing productivity problem.
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1 week ago |
financialstandard.com.au | Eliza Bavin
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has told Financial Standard the regulator has super funds in its sights for more than just claims handling delays. "The main focus is on member services more generally, this is a multi-year phased project" Constant said. "We will come back to death benefit claims handling and check that funds are doing what they said they will do.
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1 week ago |
financialstandard.com.au | Eliza Bavin
BUSSQ MySuper and Premium Choice account holders will see lower administration fees, however their insurance costs will rise from July 1. The $7 billion super fund will no longer charge members a weekly administration fee of $1.75 ($91 per year) and will reduce the percentage-based administration fee from 0.20% to 0.18% per year.
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Tbh this whole thing freaks me out but also would be kinda awesome to have a wine with the girls in Paris instead of playing trivia
.@Facebook is jumping into the world of virtual reality by investing $70 million into the creation of a Metaverse. But what's a metaverse? @BavinEliza explains. https://t.co/nhAERrjAkp
Love that my husband is a scientist so I could run some of this by him before I published. Not ashamed to say I didn't know a lot about the actual metal - I do want to invest now though!
#Lithium. What it is, what it's used for, why prices are rising (550%!) and how to invest in it. @BavinEliza https://t.co/0Zy9h2ZZDh
I really want to go to the pub. So, if we can get this going ASAP that would be fab.
When exactly will we get back to 'normal'? Predictions among @CommBank @Westpac and @NAB all vary. Story by @BavinEliza https://t.co/QSUsW03k3y
