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Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... benefit superannuation fund members, but many are convinced that this only works in theory. The Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy stuck to her guns at the recent SMSFA Conference, forging ahead with the idea that financial advice should be ...

Regulators sound alarm on cybersecurity, fraud in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
At the annual Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, financial services regulators detailed their top priorities, including cybersecurity threats and fraud in the super industry. At the ASFA conference, financial services regulators ...

New head of private debt at QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... jumping ship to Ares last year. La Greca's appointment follows Jones' decision to transition to a new role as deputy chair of QIC's private debt investment committees and strategic advisor. Like LaGreca, Jones spent almost 20 years with AMP ...

ASIC questioned over workplace culture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
ASIC has been asked if its culture is toxic following the Treasury investigation into deputy chair Karen Chester. At a hearing this morning, a letter written by Secretary Treasurer Kennedy to ASIC chair Joe Longo regarding Chester's conduct was ...

Advice group convicted of hawking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... consumers to make decisions on their super that they didn't plan to make or don't suit their needs," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "Reforms to the anti-hawking regime were in response to clear consumer harm when it came to the unsolicited ...

CBA Group Super pursues merger with ART

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... we know scale is important to deliver long-term outcomes for superannuation fund members," the super fund's trustee chair Rosemary Vilgan said. "As a large, well-established fund, Australian Retirement Trust can offer a broader range of products ...

ASIC cracks down on CHESS issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... flagged the replacement project in February 2015. Seven years on and $255 million down the drain, the project was canned. ASIC chair Joe Longo said the new reports will help build confidence in the ASX's ability to deliver the CHESS replacement and ...

Knight Frank, Berkadia form international alliance

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... capital markets Neil Brookes, and Berkadia's co-head of investment sales Keith Misner. Knight Frank senior partner and group chair William Beardmore-Gray said: "I am excited to announce Knight Frank's alliance with Berkadia - relationship built on our ...

ASIC dodges PGPA investigation questioning

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
At a hearing this morning, Senator Andrew Bragg called out ASIC chair Joe Longo after he opted not to answer questions about ASIC commissioners investigated under the Public Governance Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act. Fronting the Senate Economics ...

Australian Retirement Trust, AvSuper sign merger MoU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... Australia as insurer. "We are confident that this merger will be favourable to our members in the short and long term," AvSuper chair Ben Firkins said. "We have a member-first culture and still see the opportunity to deliver a merger as critical to members' ...