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Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... meet members' changing needs," ASIC said. The regulator pointed to research from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority which revealed between 2021 and 2023 complaints about superannuation funds' service provisions doubled. ASIC said it would ...

Government to streamline financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... strategic direction setting, general oversight and governance roles. It is also proposed the board will be the accountable authority of the new body and collectively responsible for the relevant duties and powers. The consultation paper said that while ...

Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... swallowed up by Australian Retirement Trust last May. AvSuper provided superannuation services to the Civil Aviation Authority, which later split into Air Services Australia and Civil Aviation Safety Australia. Previously, Sykes spent more than 16 years ...

Oaktree veteran jumps to Avari

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... portfolios and other special situations. The real estate specialist began his career at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority before moving to Macquarie, where he was a senior analyst in the risk management group. Avari Capital was founded by ...

FAAA accuses government of crucial CSLR failure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... forecasting a total of $20 million in FY26 - depending on complaints resolved by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) before proceeding to the CSLR. The FAAA previously noted the CSLR could ultimately spike the cost of financial advice ...

CFS delivers 16.6% returns for growth members

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... delivered in each area, including good customer service; according to data from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), CFS recorded the lowest rate of complaints. Meantime, TelstraSuper - which also announced its 2024 performance - returned ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... role with a sovereign wealth fund. Brake, a member of the investment and risk advisory panel that advises the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has been appointed to the NZ Super board. As chief investment officer of the Future Fund - and now an independent ...

Hostplus' AFCA complaint response times lag

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... outlined the fund's response times to complaints made directly to it and through the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) amongst other things. The average number of days to resolve a complaint lodged with AFCA was 132 days in the quarter ...

Bain Capital bids for Insignia Financial

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... Financial, be subject to the approval of the Foreign Investment Review Board and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority." The proposal is subject to several conditions, including satisfactory completion of due diligence on an exclusive basis ...

JANA consultant heads to Qatar

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... pension funds. After five years at JANA, Kishodaran Letchumanan has joined the General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority (GRSIA) - the pension fund for Qatari citizens. The GRSIA has hired Letchumanan as an associate director within the private ...