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CBA to detect abusive banking behaviour

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... it's our responsibility to do everything we can to provide the right measures of protection across our channels," CBA general manager community and customer vulnerability Justin Tsuei said. From May 1 to July 31, CBA said it blocked over 100,000 transactions ...

ASIC commences proceedings against Diversa

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... banned by ASIC in March 2021 after an investigation found he was giving personal advice while only authorised to give general advice and was prioritising his own interests over the interests of clients, charging fees for super fund consolidation without ...

Lifecycle now MySuper mainstream: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
The share of funds under management held in lifecycle MySuper options has almost doubled in the last eight years as single strategy products drop off, but member balances at age 65 still don't quite stack up. This is one of Rainmaker Information's latest ...

Suncorp names chief risk officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
... from the UK. Messer spent the last 16 years at IG Group first joining as a lawyer in 2005 and later went on to become general counsel and global head of compliance. In her most recent role, she was responsible for driving and enabling growth and international ...

PFAN appoints chair, deputy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... work we do to support the MS community." Kleibert is currently head of marketing at Ignition Advice and was previously general manager, marketing at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). She was senior marketing manager at NEOS Life and head of ...

Copia hires from BT

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... join our team as we seek to build Copia's distribution footprint with financial advice practices in Queensland," Copia general manager of distribution John Clothier said. "Greg's strong network, coupled with his experience and understanding of key facets ...

Challenger adds market-linked annuity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
Challenger Life has updated its annuities offering with a range of market-linked options in an attempt to overcome longevity risk and provide financial advisers with more retirement solutions. Ahead of the legislation of the Retirement Income Covenant ...

Class action legislation open for consultation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... fair. "To further protect plaintiffs, the draft legislation would establish a rebuttable presumption that a return to the general members of a class action litigation funding scheme of less than 70% of their gross proceeds is not fair and reasonable," ...

Lending curbs to impact housing market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia has suggested it may shift policy to cool the property market in 2022, likely to result in homebuyers being able to borrow less. BuyersBuyers co-founder Pete Wargent said that this time around the rules will mostly impact ...

Vanguard cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
Vanguard has cut fees on several of its Australian fixed interest funds, with the reductions taking effect from October 1. Fees on Vanguard's Australian Fixed Interest fund and ETF will be reduced from 0.24% to 0.19% and 0.20% to 0.15% respectively. ...