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Elizabeth McArthur was a journalist at Financial Standard from March 2019 to April 2022. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from UTS and a master's in creative writing from Melbourne University.
What this week’s super changes mean for you
Workers will be stapled to the first super fund they join, rather than opening up a new fund with each job, under super reforms that passed the Senate this week.
ASIC bans former adviser Gavin Fineff over $5 million fraud
ASIC has banned former financial adviser Gavin Fineff after he allegedly gambled up to $5 million of client money.
‘Those with less are not likely to bounce back’ after COVID crisis
Low-income earners are facing shrinking savings, falling super balances and increasing debt as a result of the pandemic.
ASIC drops charges against missing woman Melissa Caddick
ASIC drops all 38 charges it was pursuing against missing woman and self-proclaimed financial adviser Melissa Caddick.
A loophole means investors can’t complain about ‘Ponzi scheme’
Mayfair 101 investors whose life savings were frozen amid ASIC proceedings cannot lodge their objections with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.
The companies charging Aussies for refunds they are owed
First they were ripped off by banks and insurers. Now Aussies entitled to refunds are being targeted by companies promising to get them a refund - for a fee.
CommSec admits to overcharging customers $4.3 million in fees
ASIC is taking CommSec to court for overcharging customers on 120,933 occasions totalling $4,352,194 between August 2010 and February 2020.
40,000 Aussies join class action over rip-off power bills
More than 40,000 people have joined a class action lawsuit against two energy providers they say deliberately hiked power bills for customers.
The woman left out of a will because she was born by artificial insemination
One of Australia's richest families is locked in a legal dispute over their father's will, which left out a child conceived through artificial insemination.
How insurers use secret definitions to avoid paying ill customers
CBA employee Mary was shocked when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Then came the news that she was refused a payout because she didn't meet CommInsure's definition of the disease.
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