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Super advice fee deductions compound red tape: JAWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
The Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) says new laws that enable superannuation funds to deduct financial advice fees will have the opposite effect of reducing red tape and can make advice even more unaffordable. Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... acquisition to be complete on 30 April 2024. Heartland said the acquisition is a "critical step" in its expansion strategy for Australia. As at 31 December 2023, Heartland's Australian reverse mortgage and livestock finance businesses had around NZ$2 ...

Forager schedules LIT delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
The Forager Australian Shares Fund (FOR) is set to delist from the ASX after facing continuous limited liquidity issues and persistently trading below its net asset value. The listed investment trust (LIT) is set to delist on June 14, with trades suspending ...

Non-compete clauses come under the microscope

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Treasury has released a new consultation paper, Non-competes and other restraints: understanding the impacts on jobs, business and productivity, finding that these restrictions could have a "chilling effect" on the workforce. "The impacts of non-compete ...

Super funds' IDR process weak, inadequate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
Superannuation funds are increasingly flouting their internal dispute resolution (IDR) process and are not doing enough to resolve member complaints before they reach the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The complaints authority warned ...

L1 Capital joint MD takes leave of absence

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... investment officers. Landau has been with L1 Capital since May 2007. Before that he was an investment manager at Invesco Australia and a senior consultant at Accenture. In a fund update, L1's ASX-listed Long Short Fund (LSF), which predominantly ...

Income AM bolsters sales function

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... Victor Gugger, Frederick Stewart, Nick Lowings and Darryl Bruce. The firm has also recruited Sandra Ang from National Australia Bank, where she was a senior Investment relationship manager. The high-profile Gugger brings over 30 years of experience in ...

Court delays DASS class action settlement approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... working at E&P on 2015 as group financial controller and before that worked in finance and accounting roles at KPMG Australia and Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe. He will be replaced by Robert Darwell, who is currently director of corporate finance and ...

Frontier promotes four staff members

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
Frontier Advisors has promoted four staffers - a principal consultant, a senior equities consultant and two quants from the capital markets team. In the asset consultant's latest round of promotions, Claire Casucci has been elevated to principal ...

Suncorp sells NZ life business to Resolution Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... commitment to the Australasian market and success in the region since its entry in 2020, citing the recent acquisition of AIA Australia's super and investments arm. "Our growth is predominantly through the acquisition of in-force portfolios of life insurance ...