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Sequoia chief's job at stake in upcoming EGM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
Sequoia Financial Group will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in June that will consider a resolution to remove chief executive and managing director Garry Crole. Sequoia was earlier this month informed by a group of shareholders, that collectively ...

Forager schedules LIT delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... just 0.037% of FOR's total units on issue of 99,851,310. Unitholders must now approve the delisting via special resolution and will meet on May 13. Forager chief investment officer and co-founder Steve Johnson flagged the LIT's troubles on LinkedIn ...

Super funds' IDR process weak, inadequate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
Superannuation funds are increasingly flouting their internal dispute resolution (IDR) process and are not doing enough to resolve member complaints before they reach the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The complaints authority warned ...

Suncorp sells NZ life business to Resolution Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
Resolution Life has acquired Asteron Life New Zealand for NZ$410 million. Resolution Life will buy the business from Suncorp Group. In doing so, it will become the second largest life insurer in New Zealand, with about 165 employees and a network of ...

AustralianSuper hires data strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... development and regulatory response projects for superannuation funds. Finally, Alix Fraser joins the asset owner as a member resolution manager. Fraser joins from Insignia Financial where she worked as a trustee claims specialist and for MLC Australia ...

Majority comply with IDR reporting: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
The latest round of the internal dispute resolution (IDR) reporting regime saw 87% of small financial firms submit their data to ASIC. The deadline for the third round of reporting, which forced a total of 8600 financial services firms to submit data ...

AFCA secures $40m in refunds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... AFCA helps financial firms to address systemic issues early, minimise complaints flowing through to external dispute resolution and improve industry practice."

Morrison divestment lifts Sequoia profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... complaints it believes unlikely to result in restitution. Sequoia said doing so might prejudice the ongoing dispute resolution efforts. Sequoia will pay an interim dividend of $0.02 per share, equating to about $2.6 million. This follows a special dividend ...

DASS compensation drags AFCA, lead decision published

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... about the merits of the individual complaint and, if the decision is in favour of the complainant, what any financial resolution should be. These are complex matters that require careful consideration." DASS comprises AFCA's largest batch of complaints. ...

Too many Aussies eligible for wholesale products: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... from retail protections, including Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO), bans of conflicted remuneration, dispute resolution mechanisms, and access to a compensation scheme of last resort under certain circumstances. "The FSC is urging the government ...
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