JOBKEEPER

Financial planning

CountPlus’ subsidiary and associate firms received over $3 million in JobKeeper in FY21, some 11 times more than the firm’s initial forecasts of around $260,000....

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Life/Risk

The life insurer’s board has assessed that it will “not be appropriate” to repay JobKeeper funds after its 2020 calendar year net profit declined $4.6 million from the pr...

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Life/Risk

Life insurance claims specialist, Col Fullagar says life insurers appear to be falling back into their bad old ways, including using the Government’s COVID-19 stimulus me...

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Financial planning

As most mortgage holders are required to resume repayments and JobKeeper comes to an end, the number of ‘at risk’ mortgage borrowers will rise, according to Roy Morgan....

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Financial planning

Mortgage stress will become a danger as one in five mortgage holders are on loan holidays which are set to end soon, according to Roy Morgan....

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Outsider

Amid the reality of a recession, Outsider continues to be surprised by which segments of the economy are doing well and which are not....

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Financial planning

Advisers are asking the most questions about JobKeeper rules for both their clients and for their own businesses, according to BT....

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Editorial

By the time Australia kicks off 2021, many more businesses will be closed and many more people will be officially unemployed, as opposed to the synthetic unemployment rat...

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Financial planning

Some 40% of Australians say they are living paycheque to paycheque in this uncertain environment, according to Finder, as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announces Australia’s ...

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Superannuation

Ten major superannuation funds continue to do the majority of the heavy lifting on hardship early release superannuation, but some appear to have been less affected than ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Institute of Public Accountants says the stimulus initiatives need to better distinguish between viable and non-viable business, particularly to ensure JobKeeper 2.0 ...

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Financial planning

Small to medium-sized financial services companies have been identified as being amongst those likely to fall off a cliff when the Government removes Jobkeeper and other ...

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Financial planning

Analysis from AMP Capital shows consumer confidence is back to pre-COVID levels, but not yet to its historical peak....

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Financial planning

ATO guidelines on JobKeeper legislation will help accountants better understand when the integrity rules will or will not work....

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Funds management

Around 3.92 million Australians are either unemployed or under-employed as social distancing restrictions have largely shut-down customer-focused industries, according to...

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