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TPD riddled with issues: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... claims and insurers lacked clear key claims data to help them effectively manage the risk of consumer harm. ASIC Commissioner Sean Hughes said the regulator found it alarmingly that three TPD claims a day are assessed under the restrictive 'activities ...

MLC Life appoints group insurance executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... Maritime Super, Vision Super and Qantas Super. Forbes will report directly to MLC Life chief of group and retail partners Sean McCormack who described her as a highly respected leader. "Her experience will be an invaluable addition to the group insurance ...

Former NAB adviser sentenced

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... of his clients and withdrew their funds from those accounts, impersonating his clients in the process. ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said Eung's actions amounted to a breach of client trust for his own advantage. "Mr Eung was trusted by his clients to ...

APRA announces new executive roles, organisational structure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... insurance and banking. Under the new structure, each of its six operating divisions will be led by an executive director. Sean Carmody has been appointed executive director of cross-industry insights and data, while Brandon Khoo has been appointed executive ...

ASIC casts doubt over Dollarmites

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... curriculum, and needs to be - and there is a long history of school banking programs in Australian schools," ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said. As CBA's Dollarmites is the most prolific of the programs in question, it is sure to attract some comments ...

Ned Bell knocks at Channel Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... institutional sales but also does wholesale/retail distribution for some of its clients. It recently signed on former Tribeca fundie Sean Fenton and his three former colleagues as they launched a new quant-focused Aussie equities boutique, named Sage ...

ASIC prepares to be primary super conduct regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes has made it clear the regulator is already positioning itself to be the primary conduct regulator in superannuation. Speaking at a Risk Management Association Australia event yesterday, Hughes said ASIC's role in regulating ...

Tribeca Alpha Plus leaks $600m, rebuilds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... million in assets under management at June end, from $978 million in April across its three share classes, around the time Sean Fenton resigned. Most of the outflows were from a single large client, who withdrew their mandate within weeks of the leadership ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... after resigning from the Tribeca Alpha Plus fund earlier in the year. Sage Capital, led by former Tribeca portfolio manager Sean Fenton, is kicking off with a team of four that will run two strategies: a long/short Aussie equities fund and a "hedge fund-type" ...

Court dismisses Westpac lending practice case

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... out other expenses including the repayments under proposed loan) was a measure of suitability, Perram said. Commissioner Sean Hughes commented ASIC took on the case against Westpac because it needed judicial clarification on a legal obligation on lenders. ...