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Abolishing FDSs a major win: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... inefficient. So, there's a strong reason for why we should be wanting to get rid of FDSs," he said. Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy recommended the elimination of FDSs in her February report. Instead, she wrote, advisers should provide ...

Liverpool Partners invests in AI

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... Holdings group chief operating officer and Accenture Digital managing director James Scott will join Simplyai as its new chair. Already, he serves as chair of Liverpool's technology portfolio company Siesma. "I am pleased to be appointed chair to ...

Packer donates $7m to mental health research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
The gift will accelerate mental health research and establish the James Packer Chair in Mood Disorders at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The gift, jointly funded by Packer and The Packer Family Foundation, will see the professorial chair ...

Ex-Vocus chair indicted for insider trading

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
Former Vocus chair Vaughan Bowen has been indicted on two counts of insider trading relating to the EQT Infrastructure IV Fund's proposal to acquire Vocus. ASIC alleged that Bowen traded over five million Vocus shares in June 2019 while in possession ...

Cbus, EISS Super finalise merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... 2021. This followed EISS Super being told by APRA that it must merge, as well as a failed merger attempt with TWUSUPER. Cbus chair Wayne Swan said preparation for the merger was involved, including the need to develop defined benefit products for EISS ...

HCF Life under ASIC surveillance

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... insurance, and a reasonable person "in the circumstances could not be expected to have been aware of the condition." ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court added insurers need to ensure that all terms in their contracts, including important pre-existing condition ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
Only two years on from its creation, the government is cutting the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority's funding, in a move that will see it only review the activities of ASIC and APRA every five years. The Authority, which commenced 1 July 2021 ...

Courtenay House affiliate faces prison

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... undermined public confidence in the regulatory regime of the financial services industry. Commenting on the matter, ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "ASIC has taken civil action to freeze assets, assisted liquidators and is now seeing justice for ...

PwC chief exits over scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... partner, financial advisory and Asia Pacific Americas tax leader and, prior to that, managing partner, tax and legal. PwC chair Tracey Kennair acknowledged the immediate need for the firm to rebuild and enhance trust. "The independent review previously ...

ASIC revises IDR reporting framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... to ASIC... Importantly those firms account for the large majority of consumer complaints made through IDR," ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said. "The staged implementation will also allow more time for many smaller firms to prepare for the start of ...