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VFMC appoints deputy chair

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... with experience in executive roles in the public sector. This includes interim chief executive of Suburban Rail Loop Authority and group head, advisory and civic infrastructure at Development Victoria. He's also previously served as chief of staff ...

APRA reorganises as it sets sights on superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has published its latest corporate plan as well as some changes to its internal structure. The corporate plan outlines how the regulator will maintain the "strength and stability of Australia's banks ...

Sequoia ends FY24 with 350 advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... its troubled advice firm Libertas Financial Planning last year, which failed to pay an Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determination two months prior to it folding. Sequoia is grappling with a string of matters related to "the provision ...

BUSSQ fights back against regulatory imposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... Trustee with procedural fairness and natural justice," BUSSQ said. BUSSQ chair Chris Taylor added that APRA has the authority to investigate the fund's policies and expenditures if they believe there's any risk to its members. APRA imposed additional ...

ANZ hit with $250m capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has increased the capital add-on applied to ANZ to $750 million in response to heightened concerns about the bank's non-financial risk management practices. APRA said it has longstanding concerns ...

ASIC scraps Libertas' AFSL for unpaid compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... Resort (CSLR). Libertas, which went into liquidation in September 2023, failed to pay an Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determination two months prior to it folding. That claim then progressed to the CSLR, which ultimately paid an undisclosed ...

Super's board requirements are sound: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... strong understanding of the needs of workers," she said. Schubert went on to label the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) a "strong and diligent" regulator of the super industry. "Funds are required to adhere to stringent standards in ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... would place both media companies under more revenue strain. Media watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, found that $238 million was spent on gambling advertising last year. In their latest results announcements, Seven West's ...

AFCA urges super trustees to improve processes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) said the average loss on a superannuation scam complaint was just under $90,000. AFCA said of the nearly 11,000 complaints in relation to scams last financial year, less than 20 came from superannuation ...

Wollemi Capital appoints former state Treasurer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... regulatory affairs and strategic partnerships. Wollemi said Kean - who was recently appointed chair of the Climate Change Authority - brings deep expertise in catalysing public and private action on climate. Prior to the appointment, Kean was the member ...