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HESTA names chief financial officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... billion industry super fund after Sally Collins quit to take up a wider operational role at rival Aware Super. As chief financial officer, she will manage the financial, tax and accounting processes, legal and compliance, tax and project execution. This ...

ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Financial advisers, licensees, and superannuation trustees are facing the ire of ASIC after an investigation found they are profiting from boiler room tactics that convince members to switch funds. An overwhelming number of members are goaded into leaving ...

FSC launches digital advice group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
The Financial Services Council (FSC) continues to expand into financial advice by taking on a digital advice association that flagged its formation one year ago. The Digital Advice Expert Group is now part of the FSC, founded by moneyGPS chief executive ...

Farewell TelstraSuper: Largest corporate fund explores merger options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... merger partner, after its board concluded that size and scale are "increasingly important" to serving members' best financial interests. "The TelstraSuper Board see this as an exciting opportunity for members as we seek to transition to become a ...

Fidelity to roll out more active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... of a number of its managed funds to enable listing of a class of units on either the ASX or Cboe. In a statement to Financial Standard, Fidelity International Australia managing director Lawrence Hanson confirmed it is looking to launch several strategies ...

ASIC prevails in landmark case against BPS Financial

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
ASIC has won a case against BPS Financial, following a Federal Court ruling that found the latter guilty of offering 'Qoin Wallet,' a non-cash payment facility that used the 'Qoin' cryptocurrency token, without an Australian Financial Services Licence ...

Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
Count has renewed its contract with Iress to continue to provide software to its 550 financial adviser network. Count's financial advisers will continue to use Iress' Xplan, saying that it wanted to partner with the right provider to support ...

ATO flags key focus areas this tax time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... for rental properties and failing to include all income when lodging will all be focus areas for the ATO come end of financial year. ATO assistant commissioner Rob Thomson said the ATO was focused on supporting taxpayers to get their lodgment right the ...

Former APRA chair joins ASX board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... non-executive director. Roche said he was delighted to welcome Byres to the board, and he looked forward to "drawing on his deep financial services and regulatory expertise". Byres brings over 30 years' experience in financial services regulation, risk ...

UniSuper battles major system outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... UniSuper said the issue originated from a third-party provider and is not the result of a breach. In a statement to Financial Standard, UniSuper confirmed the third-party provider is Google Cloud. "Google Cloud has confirmed that the disruption is an ...