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ASIC flags 'significant' IDR compliance issues at super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
An analysis of close to 50,000 complaints made to super funds has found some trustees are failing to adequately record and respond to member complaints. ASIC is currently undertaking surveillance of super funds' internal dispute resolution processes ...

Macquarie Asset Management buys Veolia waste business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... in response to anti-trust concerns raised by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA still retains the right to reject the acquisition. Macquarie's purchase price of 16.9 times normalised earnings before interest, tax, depreciation ...

NAB falls after cost growth revision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... a clear strategy and executing this with discipline is our key priority. We will continue to focus on getting the basics right, managing our bank safely and improving customer and colleague outcomes to deliver sustainable growth and improved shareholder ...

Convicted former financial adviser banned for life

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... offences," McGrath said. Nesseim's banning will be recorded on ASIC's banned and disqualified register. He has the right to an appeal via the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

What the QAR should focus on: MLC Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... driven and supported by regulator and industry stakeholders," the insurer said. Downey said it must be about doing what's right for customers and advisers, which means ensuring more advice, not less. "The recommendations we have put forward to Michelle ...

Advisers receive guidance on rights under FSCP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... reads. The guidance also provides detail on financial advisers' rights when they are called to front a panel, including the right to be represented by a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court of a state or territory or of the High Court at a hearing. ...

Aware Super completes agricultural land sale

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
Aware Super has sold its Lake Boga farming portfolio to agricultural investment firm goFarm for approximately $30 million. The 9000 hectares of agricultural land between Lake Boga and Kerang in northern Victoria was put up for sale in September last ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... taxpayer, the ATO seeks objective evidence that would lead a reasonable person to conclude a particular taxpayer paid the right amount of tax. Consequently, funds will need to work closely with their third-party data providers to ensure clear agreement ...

UK regulator confirms Consumer Duty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... customer support, providing clear and easily understood information about products, providing products and services that are right for customers, and focusing on the real needs of individual consumers. Firms will be required to assess themselves against ...

ASIC issues first DDO stop orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... consumers in their intended target market, and distribute those products in a targeted way. Where firms are not doing the right thing and there is potential for consumer harm, ASIC can now take quick action to disrupt poor conduct and prevent harm," ...