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Link vows to fight class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... justice and their hard-earned pensions and savings returned to them." Link Fund Solutions acted as the fund's authorised corporate director, overseeing it on behalf of investors. Parent company Link Group said Link Fund Solutions has yet to be served ...

ASIC bans adviser, cancels AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
The corporate regulator banned a Gold Coast-based financial adviser from providing financial services for four years and cancelled the associated AFSL for failure to comply with its general obligations. ASIC found that Frederick Steven Ackerman failed ...

AMP Capital makes two senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... Powerco in New Zealand. Ly spent more than 14 years at AGL Energy, working in senior across technology investments and corporate development. She led transactions in energy infrastructure, retail/mass market, home connection services and upstream oil ...

Conflicts of interest risk in funds management still high: ASIC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... up to 50% of the total cost of managed funds companies and around 40% of the annual management fee to investors. The corporate regulator, along with Deloitte, is concerned that fund managers are not able to control these costs as the third-party services ...

ASIC clarifies adviser exam obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The corporate regulator is providing information for financial advisers who are unclear about their examination and qualification obligations. ASIC released further guidance under INFO 260 FAQs: Timeframe for passing the financial adviser exam. Financial ...

Federated Hermes releases strategy globally

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... only being available to US clients. The strategy aims to deliver capital growth and income by investing in sovereign, corporate and quasi-sovereign securities in emerging markets and uses a top-down and bottom-up analysis to assess the global macro environment ...

NZ Super Fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... ING Investment Management Australia. NZSF chair Catherine Drayton commended that maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance is critical to achieving the Guardians' long-term mission and purpose. He has a wide perspective on matters both ...

AMP reduces super fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... to meet their retirement goals." The fee changes come as AMP faces Federal Court over fees for no service charged on corporate super accounts between 2015 and 2019. It is alleged the misconduct saw AMP pocket more than $600,000 in financial advice fees ...

Australian Ethical makes strategic investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... long-term relationship. Australian Ethical is a leader in a broader trend emerging in both the institutional investor and corporate sector," he said. "Not only are we seeing a growing number of institutional investors focusing on sustainable and ethical ...

Hostplus grilled on common ownership, collusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... Competition and Consumer Commission at a separate hearing recently, Wilson said many issues were raised such as "the veil of corporate secrecy" and capital collusion was taking place. "You're saying that Hostplus has no example of that, where they've ...