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Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... seeking to avoid investments in those activities." ASIC said the Bloom fund invested in General Electric from March 2022 to May 2023. During the 2022 financial year, General Electric derived 16% of its revenue from fossil fuels, ASIC said. General Electric ...

Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... without insurance cover, with the near complete lack of default TPD cover for those aged under 25 a concerning issue that may have broader ramifications for the welfare system."

GBST upgrades WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... introducing the capability to model interactive superannuation, pension, and self-managed super fund (SMSF) strategies. In May 2023, GBST acquired WealthConnect from Creativemass, a financial software provider that ceased operations. At the time, GBST ...

DASS settlement pending court approval, victims urged to claim

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... counsel Matthew Kennedy and director Michael Chapman warned. "If or when Dixon Advisory ceases to be a member of AFCA, which may be on or after 8 April 2024, the ability to claim against it in AFCA will lapse. Any Dixon Advisory clients who have not ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... CSLR. "As an interim step, amendments have been made to AFCA's authorisation so that, to the extent possible, complaints that may be eligible under the CSLR are progressed only if the financial services firm was licensed to provide the relevant product ...

Canna Campbell slapped with $114k legal bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... registered trademark, "Financial Foreplay", by using it on social media platforms and podcasts between 12 February 2020 to 15 May 2021. In one example, Justice Manousaridis said: "The screenshots record images of the "SugarMamma's Financial Foreplay" ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... Buffet said Berkshire's ability to immediately respond to market seizures with both huge sums and certainty of performance may offer an occasional large-scale opportunity. "Though the stock market is massively larger than it was in our early years, today's ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... chief executive Sarah Abood said there is less immediacy for banks and life insurers to enter advice. "Banks [in particular], may feel that they've been burned on advice and may require a fair bit of certainty to entice them back into the advice ...

HSBC wins $23bn in admin, custody mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
HSBC's local custody business may be turning its fortunes around, growing its assets under custody and administration by close to 40% with two fresh mandate wins. According to the latest Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) statistics, HSBC ...

Morrison divestment lifts Sequoia profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... corresponding period. However, it also flagged "several" complaints to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) that may impact future financials. The group's NPAT for 1H24 was more than 4000% higher at $27.8 million, primarily due to offloading ...