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FS Power50: Final days to nominate

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... role models in the way they conduct their professional practice. They are also successful business owners, award-winners, policy influencers, mentors, and financial educators. To nominate yourself or a colleague of yours, CLICK HERE.

Super, fund manager ASX dominance launches inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... companies," Wilson said. "Common ownership's flow-on risks higher prices and collusion, corporates imposing public policy agendas while bypassing democracy, and disempowering ordinary investors. The law shouldn't empower capital over citizens ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... 6.3% rate but was well-below market predictions for an acceleration to 8.5%. The Fed announced no change in in monetary policy on the same day (29 July) the GDP growth figures were released. However, the US central bank hinted that it could start "tapering" ...

Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... winning, isn't it Mr Falinski?" Pondering this, Falinski said: "So, we have a situation where we're introducing public policy out of a Royal Commission... And we get to the point where ASIC's now charging the very industry that they're ...

New AIA advice unit names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... representations to customers. The Financial Markets Authority instigated the proceedings after it alleged that AIA enhanced policy benefits, charged premiums after a policy was terminated and treated terminated policies when they should have been in-force ...

AMP sued over corporate super misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... with the regulator confirming it was dropping a criminal investigation related to the group's Buyer of Last Resort Policy and the way in which AMP continued to charge orphaned advice clients despite having no adviser.

Tidswell agrees it contravened Corps Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... agreement. In relation to MobiSuper's online marketing activities, Tidswell did not establish and enforce a monitoring policy, including for websites that MobiSuper used to generate leads for new members. It did not monitor the call centres used ...

AFA slams skyrocketing ASIC levy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... upon 21,308 advisers when there were less than 20,000 as at June 30. AFA acting chief executive and general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson said the levy essentially funds ASIC's court cases. "As predominantly small business operators ...

Fidelity adds new climate, gender policies

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... Fidelity said it will vote against the management of companies that don't meet minimum requirements under its climate change policy from 2022. "At Fidelity, we believe that exercising our ownership rights by voting at company meetings is a fundamental ...

Vale Murray Wyatt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... competence and ethical behaviour", influencing other members positively, and being a "major participant in the development of policy changes to public practice". He is survived by his wife Margaret, their two sons, Malcolm and Jason, and their families. ...