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No more changes to risk commissions: ClearView

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... explaining why just 6% of respondents use a fee for service model. ClearView surveyed members as part of its Quality of Advice Review submission, ultimately determining that the Life Insurance Framework has had no impact on the quality of advice provided ...

ACCC delays approval of Link Group acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... has been done to allow parties time to provide additional information, the regulator said. The ACCC began its informal review of the acquisition on March 1. At the crux of the review is Link Group's 43% stake in PEXA. As part of its wider offering, Dye ...

Lifespan partners with OpenInvest to launch advice solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... reduce much of this cost by streamlining regulatory requirements - and we are extremely supportive of the Quality of Advice Review currently underway - however, the industry needs to also use robust and compliant new technologies to help address the ...

Relax rate expectations: Franklin Templeton

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
The investment manager believes the market's current interest rate expectations are too aggressive. In its latest review of the outlook for inflation and monetary policy, Franklin Templeton said it remains of the view that the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

ACCC on financial services priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... response, payments regulation is undergoing a comprehensive redesign for the first time in 25 years, following the Farrell review and the Reserve Bank of Australia's review of retail payments regulation," she said. "The ACCC plans to work with the government ...

AGL abandons demerger, leadership resigns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... demand of a majority of shareholders less than a year ago, and they've now paid the price." AGL said the board will review the company's strategic direction in line with share holder expectations but still believed in the proposal. "The board ...

Charter Hall co-founder eyes Australian Unity Office Fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... proposal, it said. Australian Unity Investment Real Estate Limited (AUIREL) will now convene an independent board committee to review the proposal. AUIREL has been working to maximise value for unitholders for some time, including focusing on delivering ...

Just 14.8% of hedge fund leaders are female: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
A report released by IG Prime shows only 14.8% of senior hedge fund management roles in Australia are going to women. Despite the low number, the research highlights the Australian market had higher performance in the past 12 months, and the past five ...

HESTA opposes AGL demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
The industry fund will not back the proposed demerger, saying it will not adequately support decarbonisation efforts and therefore wouldn't serve its members' best interests. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger. ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary to pay US$1.5m over ESG misstatements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... that from July 2018 to September 2021, BNY Mellon implied that all investments in the funds had undergone an ESG quality review, which wasn't the case. Deputy director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement and head of its limate and ESG Task Force ...