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Resolution Life builds out Australasian leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
Resolution Life has welcomed a chief customer and operating officer and a customer experience lead to its executive team. Paul Tarlinton is taking on the chief customer and operating officer role within the Australasian business on a permanent basis. ...

AFCA adopts user pays funding model

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... qualify for five free complaints a year. Overall, 95% of licensed financial firm members of the AFCA external dispute resolution scheme will pay only their annual registration fee, which has been set at $375.55 for the coming financial year. Among authorised ...

Risk inflows hit $17.6bn last year: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... BT/Westpac, TAL and Zurich all recording double digit increases in sales; BT/Westpac's was substantial at 25%. However, AIA, Resolution and ClearView all recorded falls which offset the increases. NobleOak also outperformed when it came to sales, recording ...

AFCA adopts case merit assessments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... of third-party paid representatives using questionable tactics, with complainants refusing to consider a reasonable resolution in the earlier stages of the process, he added. Untersteiner said the decision is part of AFCA's work to ensure poor conduct ...

Datt Capital lashes board nominees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
Datt Capital has taken aim at Selfwealth and encouraged shareholders to vote against all proposed resolutions at the upcoming extraordinary general meeting, claiming they "equate to a takeover by stealth". Datt Capital, which owns close to 10% of Selfwealth ...

Super funds back Say on Climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... long as companies are having a conversation with invertors on climate, we're going to support the say on climate resolution. "We're not suggesting that investors vote against every plan - that might be going too far, and there are plans that ...

Pension fund pushes for independent chair at Berkshire Hathaway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... Hathaway. Commenting on CalPERS's decision, NLPC chair Peter Flaherty said: "We welcome CalPERS support for our resolution. We hope other shareholders will follow." "Separating the two roles is good corporate governance, plain and simple. Public ...

ASIC suspends Dixon Advisory AFSL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... transitioned to an alternate provider can continue to access financial services. It also requires the maintenance of dispute resolution arrangements including AFCA membership until 8 April 2023; and requires the maintenance of compensation arrangements ...

SEC rules against Amazon pension case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission ruled against Amazon's no-action motion to exclude a shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report on how employee retirement savings are invested. The shareholder resolution, brought by activist ...

Key investor trends unveiled in latest IFM report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
Industry superannuation fund owned IFM Investors has today released a report which expects decarbonisation to accelerate, with the energy transition driving greater investment in emission reduction programs. The report, Resilience and Transition: Infrastructure ...