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Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
Orders have been made in a case brought against the Commonwealth by a 23-year-old student over climate change risk as it relates to government bonds, as the government attempts to stop the class action. Katta O'Donnell is seeking to hold the Australian ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles ...

Junk insurance lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... is seeking declarations and pecuniary penalties from the Federal Court, which will shortly announce the date for the first case management hearing.

CBA to pay $7m for overcharged interest

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... unsuccessful and customers continued to be incorrectly charged. CBA has remediated $3.74 million to the customers impacted in this case. In the hearing, CBA said an appropriate penalty was between $4 million and $5 million yet ASIC submitted a penalty ...

Chief economist update: Fourth wave threatens Olympics, growth outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The way it's (not) going for Japan, recent upgrades to its 2021 economic growth made by the OECD and the International Monetary Fund might need to be toned down or even reversed to a downgrade at their next outing. The OECD's March 2021 "Interim ...

"Financial" in BFID is no big deal: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... adviser, 'What does best interest mean' would be told instantly that it means best financial interest. "That is the way the case law is there but it's not written in the statute. So by having it in the statute it is impossible to ignore that. Those without ...

Sunsuper, QSuper members ask for better climate disclosures

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... detailed list of stocks the fund holds and will analyse, the strategy for achieving net zero by 2050, and the fund's base case scenario for a low carbon world. The 141 members are also seeking a copy of QSuper's ESG policy, and the details of their risk ...

Synchron appoints Queensland manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... adviser engagement." Prior to joining Challenger, Donohue was a senior business development manager at Asteron Life and a case manager in underwriting at ING. "I very much look forward to working with Synchron's Queensland advice firms," Donohue ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Healthier consumers are happier consumers are spending consumers. US consumer confidence has rebounded to its highest level since the onset of the pandemic in America in March last year. This is hardly surprising with cases of coronavirus infections ...

DDO to simplify general, personal advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... market. That obligation only applies to a general advice context and not a personal advice context," he said. "The High Court case could actually mean there are less situation where the full range of DDO obligations apply because there is more situations ...