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Boards unprepared for new workplace laws: Research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... concerned their boards aren't fully ready to meet new workplace sexual harassment laws introduced this week. Effective December 12, the Australian Human Rights Commission is now enforcing the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act, requiring ...

AustralianSuper supersizes Churchill Asset Management mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... program size to US$1.5 billion. The A$300 billion super fund and asset manager's partnership, first announced in December 2022, continues to target senior and unitranche loans to private equity-backed US middle market companies. "AustralianSuper's ...

FSCP issues another registration prohibition order

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... a representative of United Global Capital, has been prohibited from registering as an adviser with ASIC until after 6 December 2025. He is also prohibited from giving personal advice to retail clients on relevant financial products during the prohibition ...

UK to overhaul advice affordability, access

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... similar challenges, the Australian government handed down its first phase of financial advice accessibility reforms on December 7. The Delivering Better Financial Outcomes report sets out a number of changes that include offering better scaled or limited ...

Federal Court approves BT Super $30m settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... reasonable" after Westpac agreed to settle the class action led by Slater & Gordon and funded by Therium Litigation Finance in December 2022. Justice Murphy approved $15.45 million to be distributed to group members. Therium's share of the settlement ...

Local housing market to reach inflection point: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... in home values becoming more diverse but generally weakening. According to the research, commissioned by NAB for its December Australian Housing Market Update, the upswing in housing values since February has been relatively thinly traded and occurred ...

FSCP serves up registration prohibition order

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... insolvent under administration. Timothy Leslie Anderson's registration as a relevant provider has been revoked from 7 December 2023 until after 17 May 2025 when his bankruptcy is expected to lift. ASIC's Financial Adviser register still shows ...

CSLR chief executive named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... executive ahead of its planned commencement next April. David Berry has been appointed chief executive of the CSLR, effective December 11. Berry is currently chief executive at charity Way Forward Debt Solutions, and a non-executive director at the Consumer ...

IFM Investors appoints global head of strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
IFM Investors appointed a global head of product strategy and innovation, effective December 4. Today, the $215 billion global investment manager announced that Rekha Misra stepped into the role. Misra brings over two decades experience in the asset ...

Vanguard sells outsourced CIO arm to Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... and other institutional investors in the US, grows Mercer's existing OCIO division which dominates the sector. As at December 2022, Mercer's OCIO business had $526 billion in assets. Meanwhile, Vanguard's had roughly $90 billion. "Vanguard's differentiated ...