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UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... requiring it to pay compensation to complainants, AFCA needs to consider whether any UGC complaint it receives is within the scope of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR)," AFCA said. The failure of UGC is the main driver behind the spike in ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... from the United States on tariffs are having an impact on confidence globally and this would likely be amplified if the scope of tariffs widens, or other countries take retaliatory measures," the RBA board noted. "Geopolitical uncertainties are also ...

Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
Minister for financial services Stephen Jones has ruled out talk that the new class of adviser could provide holistic personal retirement advice and acknowledged the need to reform the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) during a post-budget briefing ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... the client unless requested, in line with the Privacy Act 1988, " the draft legislation reads. The CAR must include the scope of the advice, the advice, reasons for the advice and how it meets the client's objectives, the cost of the advice to the ...

AFCA opens consultation on financial elder abuse, family violence

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... AFCA said it has updated its approach to these two matters and wants industry feedback in areas such as definitions and scope. It wants to provide clarification on how family violence and financial abuse occurs outside joint accounts that includes fraudulently ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... managers who have demonstrable "experience and track record as an organisation in delivering services of a similar scale and scope to the quality standards required on time and within budget". The council's total portfolio comprises leasehold property ...

Insurance through superannuation stages a comeback

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... approximately 12 million Australians received employer super contributions. The research paper said this suggests there's scope for millions more Australians to opt in for insurance, even after accounting for those with low balances and under-25s. ...

Praemium hunts for new chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... forward to the added value to come from fully integrating our OneVue acquisition, repricing out market dominant non-custodial Scope solutions and gaining further growth from Spectrum. "As always, I recognise that these important benefits to shareholders ...

Cbus appoints deputy investment chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... advantage of a range of opportunities and large enough to be achieving real economies of scale for members." "We see plenty of scope to roll out new internal strategies, our portfolio construction and DAA programs are really taking shape and we are well ...

ASIC proposes further breach reporting relief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... of breaches that do impact them. While ASIC's proposals "appear to address some industry concerns," the FSC said the scope remains "relatively limited" - particularly the restriction that no more than five consumers can be affected per breach, even ...