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Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... event in Sydney yesterday. Combet, who succeeded Peter Costello as chair last year, said the Future Fund now has the authority to "undertake Australian infrastructure and property sector transactions" and to "manage assets without an external investment ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... computer and the internet as the forms can't be downloaded and need to be completed online, then emailed to the relevant authority," Whait said. "In PALM countries, English is a second language, and the internet is not as readily accessible as it is ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... Advice Association Australia (FAAA) and four other professional bodies are urging the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to name and shame financial firms that fail to follow through on a determination as more than 60 have failed to do ...

ASIC cancels Financial Services Group Australia's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... While its AFSL is now cancelled, ASIC specified that FSGA must remain a member of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) and maintain professional indemnity insurance until 4 June 2026.

ASIC reads the riot act to the super industry: Longo

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... years. Longo said "and importantly" it was a large increase in complaints lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) that led to a review in the first place. "All this points to the cold hard truth that super trustees have to get ...

$15m crypto scam costs former adviser 10 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... ongoing. It directed former clients and others impacted by Rogan's conduct to contact the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. According to her LinkedIn, Rogan was a chartered accountant and a Certified Financial Planner. The Financial Advice Association ...

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... arrested for their actions, while others were ordered to take their websites down. In London, the Financial Conduct Authority arrested three individuals and launched criminal proceedings against them. It interviewed a further four finfluencers, sent ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... and managing director of Mirvac Group. Anna Skarbek, chief executive ClimateWorks and a director at Net Zero Economy Authority, was also honoured. She was a board member of the Impact Investment Group and served as a senior policy adviser to the Victorian ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
The life insurance industry appears to have moved past its loss-making years, reporting a $332 million profit at the end of March, new APRA figures show. About $5.7 billion was generated in insurance revenue, marking a 3% rise from the December 2024 ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... investment consultant focussing on TPA. Brake, a member of the investment and risk advisory panel that advises the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is also a director of NZ Super and a proponent of TPA. TPA's entire purpose is to achieve a fund's ...