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Super fund board renewals need work: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole says there is "material scope" for improvement in super fund board renewal strategies. In a speech to the AIST Chairs Forum, Cole outlined the regulator's expectation of trustee boards, saying the issue of board governance ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super merger finalised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
The successor fund transfer was completed on November 25, adding 28,000 new members to Australian Ethical Super. It comes mere months after the merger was confirmed in July, with Australian Ethical and Christian Super first flagging their discussions ...

Stop orders slapped on two Perpetual funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
Dodgy target market determinations (TMDs) have seen ASIC place interim stop orders on two Aussie equities funds from Perpetual. Perpetual cannot offer or distribute the Perpetual Pure Microcap Fund or Perpetual Geared Australian Share Fund for the next ...

ETP naming conventions updated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Following consultation, ASIC has updated naming conventions for exchange-traded products, dividing them into two levels of labelling. The regulator has updated Information Sheet 230 Exchange-traded products: Admission guidelines, splitting naming conventions ...

Barings establishes APAC real estate debt operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Barings Real Estate Debt is now in Asia Pacific, with three new loans and plans for more. Barings has agreed a combined $259.3 million in loans in Australia, including $162.5 million to fund the construction of two purpose-built student accommodation ...

ASIC sues crypto fintech over unlicensed advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
ASIC is taking a fintech to court for providing unlicensed financial advice on crypto-asset products. The regulator commenced civil penalty proceedings in Federal Court against Block Earner, an authorised representative of Flash Partners and AUSTRAC-registered ...

Zurich Australia adds chief information officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
The financial services giant will welcome a chief information officer in January, relocating from Hong Kong. Deepak Budhiraja is currently chief information and technology officer at Sun Life Financial. He will commence in the new role with Zurich on ...

Super assets decline despite contributions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Total superannuation assets dropped 3.2% in the year to September 30 despite a 12% increase in contributions. APRA's latest statistics show $150.2 billion in contributions were made in the period, which is about 12% higher than the previous corresponding ...

New rules on the way for BNPL sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
The government is looking to implement stricter regulation for the buy now, pay later industry, releasing an options paper for consultation. According to minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the number of active BNPL accounts grew from five ...

Igneo buys NZ energy distributor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
Igneo Infrastructure Partners will acquire New Zealand electricity distributor Eastland Network. Eastland Network will be purchased from Eastland Group, a specialist in regional infrastructure, including ports, electricity networks and generation. Eastland ...