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Former super fund adviser receives permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Kudzanai Philip Dzawo of Melbourne is permanently banned from performing any function related to running a financial services business and from controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business. ASIC found Dzawo had "dishonestly attempted ...

UniSuper restores online services, app

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... disruption following the deletion of its private cloud. In an update today, UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun said online services across the fund's website and app have been restored. The only thing the fund is yet to restore is its retirement ...

Rest adds to C-suite with new appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... senior roles across various business lines, and within legal and human resources, concluding her tenure as head of people services and governance. Murrell began her career in employment law with Herbert Smith Freehills before moving into the financial ...

Rest calls for removal of minimum work hours for super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... under-18 workers work fewer than 30 hours per week, and nearly three quarters of them work in the accommodation and food services and retail trade industries. "Some employers, such as IKEA Australia, already voluntarily provide superannuation contributions ...

Brisbane financial adviser has assets frozen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... associated companies. The corporate regulator is investigating Prakash and his "related companies" - Principal Financial Services Pty Ltd, Self-Managed Super Pty Ltd, Provest Enterprises, and Super Funds Australia Pty Ltd ITF Principal Superannuation ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... report is part of a bigger piece for ASIC, in reminding trustees that they're expected to be accountable for the end services, results and retirement balances, "no matter how they go about things in the intervening years, whether they outsource their ...

AFCA finds more Dixon Advisory victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... which earned over $174 million in revenue last financial year?" As at 10 April 2024, Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services (DASS) remains a current AFCA member. ASIC cancelled DASS's licence on 5 April 2023. The terms of the cancellation require ...

The unintended consequences of the four-day work week

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... receiving 100% or full pay for 80% of their time and simultaneously maintaining 100% of their output. Zurich Financial Services non-executive director Elaine Collins said the model can potentially lead to dissatisfaction as there is uncertainty surrounding ...

APRA 'continuing to monitor' UniSuper outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
UniSuper has commenced the restoration of its services, as APRA confirms it is monitoring the situation which arose when the fund's private cloud was inadvertently deleted. In a brief statement to Financial Standard, APRA said it is "aware of the ...

SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... heavily on the taxpayer-funded age pension. To meet the rising costs, future governments may have to increase taxes or cut services to offset the extra fiscal pressure created by the bigger age pension outlays, SMC said. At its peak, the capped super ...