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AFCA names two lead ombudsmen

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed two lead ombudsmen for insurance and small business, hiring from ASIC and Westpac. Emma Curtis has been appointed as lead ombudsman, insurance and Suanne Russell joined as lead ombudsman ...

AMP sued for charging dead clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... provide," the regulator pointed out. AMP and the aforementioned subsidiaries contravened their overarching obligations as Australian financial services licensees to act efficiently, honestly and fairly, the regulator said. "ASIC further alleges that ...

Advisers report burnout, breaking point: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... of the total amount of time spent on tasks, client meetings take up most of their attention (16%), followed by administration (15%), compliance (14%), advising (12%) and emails (12%). "The constant change that they have experienced, the lack of input ...

ECPI draft legislation released

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... Super reforms late last month. This included administration fees on the performance benchmark for funds also added Australian unlisted infrastructure and unlisted property as specific asset classes. Hume later said the inclusion of the administration ...

State Street scores ETF servicing mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... operational and investment efficiencies. "AB developed the Managed Volatility Equities strategy in collaboration with a major Australian superannuation fund which wanted to give its members a smoother, but still competitive, return profile in volatile ...

Federation AM awards mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
Federation Asset Management has selected an administrator for its Sustainable Australian Real Asset Trust (SARA). Apex Group will provide fund administration, share registry and regulatory services to Federation's SARA, which will invest in renewable ...

Media Super ups fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... investment options in March, which it said were invested in by less than 1% of the fund's members. The options closed were Australian Small Companies, Diversified Shares, Emerging Markets Shares, Global Listed Infrastructure, Global Listed Property ...

LGIAsuper picks custodian for merged fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... NAB Asset Servicing is the only remaining custodian aligned with a big four bank. It was the largest custodian for Australian investors' assets until June 2016. It has since slid to the fourth spot ($538.5 billion) at the most recent count from December ...

Draft regulation on YFYS released

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... new performance testing for funds, an omission that was panned by many participants. The government has also added Australian unlisted infrastructure and unlisted property as specific asset classes in the performance tests. "This will improve the accuracy ...

Mainstream obtains superior takeover offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... services provider for financial services and healthcare. The acquisition would accelerate the company's growth in the Australian market and would retain Mainstream chief executive Martin Smith. Mainstream is being advised by Miles Advisory Partners as ...