Tahn Sharpe

Articles written by this Author 24

Tahn Sharpe is a Sydney-based financial services journalist with a background in financial planning. He writes on advice, superannuation, investment, banking and insurance issues, is a certified SMSF Adviser and holds an Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning.

Policy and Regulation

ASIC inches closer to phone tapping advisers

A Bill presented late last year granting the regulator increased powers to intercept phone calls is waiting on amendments before it goes before the house and senate.

Tahn SharpeJanuary 24, 2020

Financial Advice

Most super fund advice not in clients’ best interest: ASIC

Less than half of 233 superannuation advice files reviewed by the corporate watchdog demonstrated full compliance with best interest duty and related obligations, according to a new report.

Tahn SharpeDecember 6, 2019

Industry View

Kelty fires up: ‘Leave super alone’

Bill Kelty, the Australian trade unionist who helped paved the way for the introduction of the superannuation guarantee in 1992, has called for policymakers to leave the system alone.

Tahn SharpeNovember 11, 2019

Retirement

We’re looking at retirement through the wrong lens

The way the industry looks at retirement is out of focus, says Eraj Ghafoori, a behavioural economist at AustralianSuper.

Tahn SharpeFebruary 18, 2019

Verve Super CEO Christina Hobbs

ESG

Gender lens in focus for Verve Super

The CEO of Verve Super fund is taking a radical approach to raising the profile of gender inequality in superannuation.

Tahn SharpeFebruary 18, 2019

Deen Sanders, partner in governance, regulation, conduct ethics and professionalism at Deloitte

Royal Commission

Hayne ignites adviser discipline bonfire

Hayne’s recommendation for a new, separate disciplinary body for advisers could mean vast new powers over advisers says Deloitte.

Tahn SharpeFebruary 6, 2019

FPA chief executive Dante De Gori

Royal Commission

Hayne orders about-face on OSAs

The ongoing service agreements that underpin most advice remuneration models are set to change dramatically .

Tahn SharpeFebruary 4, 2019

Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker

Investment Strategy

Finance jobs down but there is a silver lining

A Sunsuper report into the Australian job market has revealed the Hayne royal commission revelations have hit the financial sector hard.

Tahn SharpeJanuary 30, 2019

<1of3>