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Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... PALM countries, English is a second language, and the internet is not as readily accessible as it is here. The responsibility for making a claim lies solely with the worker, and there is no obligation for the employer here in Australia to provide information ...

Evidentia announces two new starters

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... During his time at the $180 billion superannuation fund, Phillips also worked in the domestic equities team with responsibility for consumer sector coverage, before being promoted to the more senior role. Most recently, Phillips had a brief stint as ...

ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... report to chief executive Cliff Man and oversee portfolio management, fund operations and trading, with primary responsibility for ensuring the company's ETFs track their underlying indexes and meet investment objectives. Taylor's appointment ...

HCF Life fined $750k for misleading contract term

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... pre-existing condition term. The court's findings and penalty handed down should serve as a message to insurers of their responsibility to ensure the information distributed to consumers is accurate and consistent with the law." ASIC sought to have HCF ...

Macquarie reprimanded again for derivatives compliance failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... Macquarie comprehensively addresses ASIC's concerns. It cannot be a piece-meal or band-aid fix. Macquarie must take responsibility and put in place appropriate action to remediate the repeated failures and underlying governance and supervisory failures." ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... at the ACCC is the fact our work makes a difference to people's lives every day," she said. "It is a significant responsibility and privilege to take on the role of chief executive and to work with commissioners and our talented, dedicated team in the ...

Frontier Advisors lands major mandate from asset management giant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... including the introduction of "Asset Owner Principles" - a set of guidelines encouraging asset owners to take greater responsibility for their investment outcomes and to engage with external experts, such as asset consultants. "Frontier has seized the ...

Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... advocate for concrete reform to CSLR - specifically, capping the advice levy at $10 million and ending adviser responsibility for product failures - and believe that without such change, rebuilding the industry will remain difficult."

Cyberattacks on super funds expose 'critical vulnerability'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... ahead of the curve. He also called for a shift in thinking, saying cyber resilience should be treated as a shared responsibility, with individual member account vulnerabilities now posing a systemic risk to the broader superannuation sector. Lastly ...

The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... not through CSC. As [security] practitioners, we thought we've got some data, someone has an issue, and it's our responsibility to tell them because they're our customers," Kumara said. "For us, it's not just about managing super; we're also focused ...