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ASIC probes super fund, investment manager greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... practices on ESG disclosure in listed entities, managed funds and superannuation. The information sheet was the result of a review ASIC has conducted into the wealth management industry. When issued, ASIC flagged it would take enforcement action in cases ...

QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
A new paper from the Quality of Advice Review recommends life insurance commissions be retained, but additional disclosure rules be introduced to ensure clients consent to the payments. In August, the first proposals paper from the Quality of Advice ...

Another ban for Sirius Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... ASIC's Banned and Disqualified Persons Register. While he has applied to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for a review of ASIC's decision, Bringans' application for a stay of the implementation of the banning order was refused by the AAT.

ClearView abandons potential takeover transactions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
ClearView Wealth has concluded its strategic review process, with the board deciding not to proceed with any transactions. As previously reported by Financial Standard, ClearView began its strategic review process in September 2021, with the objective ...

ASIC welcomes second ASX market resilience consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... testing requirements, is scheduled for Q3 2023. The consultations follow ASIC's findings, released in November 2021, from its review of the 16 November 2020 incident and other operational incidents that impacted the ASX and stakeholders. Earlier in the ...

Don't water down YFYS: Grattan Institute

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... as some of the worst-performing Choice products may be excluded if there is a platform carve-out. There should also be a review to assess further expansion of the test, Grattan Institute said, including single-sector, externally managed, member-directed ...

Credit Suisse restructures investment bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Following a strategic review, Credit Suisse will undertake a "radical" restructure of its investment bank and cut thousands of jobs. Credit Suisse chair Axel P. Lehmann said the group has "become unfocused" in recent years and the new strategy is "the ...

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... and assets as the Age Pension and super integrate will work together, he says. "It is complicated, the retirement income review said it's complex, I think within that there are some disincentives in the system so it's not quite as efficient as ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... than $30 million is being provided to support dispute resolution and appeals. The government has said it will establish a review of the NDIS too. The NDIS is more expensive than ever before, Richardson said in response. "There is now a clear set of tradeoffs ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
A range of tax and superannuation changes that were announced by the previous government but never legislated have been scrapped by the Labor government. To provide certainty to industry and those that would have been impacted by the measures, the government ...