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APRA issues new licence conditions on NULIS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
APRA has issued directions and imposed new licence conditions on NULIS Nominees to improve its governance and controls to ensure members' best interests. The directions and additional licence conditions require NULIS to record how it considers members' ...

Dealer group investment head departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... transformation program delivery position. His role there involved being the chief architect of Centrepoint's data feed practice management platform. Earlier in Pitt's career he worked in product and strategy for VenturaFM and was a business development ...

Two Sydney advice firms merge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
Two Sydney-based advice firms have merged, with the firms saying it was not a decision either party made lightly. Halcyon Wealth Advisers has merged with Principle Advisers with the aim to take the business into the future and enable financial advisers ...

HESTA takes active approach to class actions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
HESTA has told the parliament it sees participation in class actions as a form of active ownership. The super fund said it participates in class actions to recover losses but also as a means of encouraging better standards of corporate governance and ...

HESTA advocates for change post Rio blast

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
The $52 billion industry fund for health employees has outlined its investor expectations for mining and energy companies and how they engage with Indigenous communities and heritage sites after the destruction of the Juukan Gorge Caves by Rio Tinto. ...

Facebook, Google face crypto class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... and Consumer Law including giving effect to a cartel provision in a contract, arrangement or understanding, concerted practice that has the purpose and/or likely effect of substantially lessening competition and misuse of market power. While the law ...

Clients value advice during pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... attrition, this unfortunately has not translated to maintaining profitability. A record high of 41% advisers said their practice was less profitable compared to last year (38%). In 2018, only a minimal number of advisers (18%) grappled with remaining ...

CFA Institute call for feedback on new standard

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... corporate issuers prescribe requirements for the labelling or rating of securities or investment products, or define best practice for a strategy or approach. CFA Institute chief executive Margaret Franklin said the growing interest in ESG investing ...

Pahari sorry, victim calls for documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... said. "However this involved a senior manager who ought to have been observing a high standard of equality and diversity practice and who ought to have had a much better understanding of how his actions might be perceived by and may affect a junior colleague." ...

Roar Software bolsters team, partners with Milliman

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Roar Software has added two new executives to its leadership team, as it announces a partnership with global actuarial management consultant Milliman. Darren Pettiona has been appointed chair, while Simon Bishop has nabbed a role as a national sales ...