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ASIC prepares industry for claims handling law

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... managers, brokers as well as financial advisers who handle claims on behalf of an insurer will be directly impacted. ASIC is urging industry participants to apply for the AFSL or a variation to existing licences as soon as possible. For entities that ...

Asset managers want action on modern-day slavery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Asset management heavyweights are urging the nation's top 100 companies to take modern-day slavery and labour exploitation seriously by lifting the hood on their supply chains. The Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking (IAST) APAC, a newly-formed ...

ASIC reviewing risk advice, pushes for scaled advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... "We're not looking to catch people out, this is a review in the ordinary course for us," she said. Furthermore, ASIC is urging financial advisers to make financial advice more accessible, affordable and 'bite-sized' to meet consumer demand. The regulator ...

Transition away from LIBOR continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... referencing key interbank offered rates (IBORs), including the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). ASIC, APRA and the RBA are urging Australian institutions to use the new ISDA protocol and supplement. The international Financial Stability Board also ...

BOQ expects to back pay $11m in SG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... failed to pay workers their correct base rates, overtime, penalty rates and full superannuation entitlements. "We have been urging all the banks to review and audit their payrolls and we are not surprised that another bank has been underpaying workers," ...

Alex Waislitz urges OVH shareholders to vote no

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... companies bought more OVH shares yesterday, a spokesperson said. He is also expected to write to OVH shareholders this week, urging them to vote against the revised offer, the spokesperson said. "We are not going to comment on any particular shareholder. ...

Watermark LIC seeks restructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Financial Review, which called attention to ALF's discount to NTA and called its recent financial performance "woeful". ALF is urging shareholders to vote in favour of the restructure and gave 10 February 2021 as the indicative implementation date. Watermark ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
BlackRock is urging its employees to disclose their involvement in office romances, as well as intimate relationships with anyone associated with the US$7.4 trillion asset manager, in a bid to crack down on conflicts of interest. BlackRock staff members ...

Female ASX 200 chiefs fall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... female chief executives in the ASX 200 has fallen over the last two years to just 10, with a not-for-profit organisation urging that "we can, and must, do better". The Chief Executive Women ASX 200 Senior Executive Census is now in its fourth year, and ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... his private message to Griffin, so he decided to make a public post. "I finally sent you Tony Griffin a personal message urging you to take action because the member is so badly mentally injured she is suicidal and at risk of homelessness," Johns said ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN
Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA
A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI
Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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