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FPA, AFA merger talks continue

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
The proposed merger between the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has entered into the second round of member consultation. Recently, members have been invited to complete a survey to help ...

Apollo increases Challenger stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... in Challenger, it now has 19.1% voting power in the ASX-listed investment manager. As previously reported by Financial Standard, last year, Will Vicars' Caledonia sold its 15% stake in Challenger to Athene Holding Limited and Apollo. When combined with ...

ASIC proceedings name Pendal board member

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... Kathleen Lahey, Richard Sheppard, Gerard Bradley, Sally Pitkin, and Zlatko Todorcevski. Yesterday, as reported by Financial Standard, Perpetual named Heap as one of the three Pendal directors invited to join the combined board in 2023. Though, Heap's ...

More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... operations guru, Leaper thinks outsourcing is often smart for several reasons. First, the title of APRA's outsourcing standard has been changed to operational risk, and according to Leaper, that makes a big difference. The pace of regulatory change ...

PPS Mutual unveils new income protection product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... improved recovery plan definition outlining expectations of duties and remuneration. "Now with bed confinement benefit as standard and the removal of tapering on claims over age 60 for new applicants, the new IP Select offers greater certainty to members ...

Amber Infrastructure buys up NZ assets

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... regulatory approvals, including from New Zealand's Overseas Investment Office (OIO), counterparty consents and other standard conditions.

Former Statewide Super executives charged

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... public prosecutions is prosecuting the matter following an ASIC referral. Meanwhile, as previously reported by Financial Standard, earlier this year, Statewide Super found itself in hot water for providing members with misleading information regarding ...

Latest adviser exams see 57% pass rate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... conducted" since its inception and follows a "rigorous process" to ensure all candidates in all cycles are held to the same standard. It added those who have passed demonstrated the skills to apply their knowledge of advice construction, ethics and legal ...

Expand access to financial services: AUSTRAC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... often not an option." It further explained under Australia's anti-money laundering laws, if a customer cannot produce standard identification documents such as a driver's licences or birth certificate, banks and other regulated businesses can use other ...

Trustees must improve IDR processes: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... comes to complaints handling, ASIC says. A new report from the regulator has found some superannuation trustees have sub-standard arrangements for managing complaints. The finding is based on a review of 35 trustees, with 10 of those selected for a more ...