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UniSuper wins in court judgement on board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... of 472,785 Australians. CPSU represents "non-teaching and non-academic staff" while NTEU represents "academic staff and general/professional staff". UniSuper was formed by the merger of Tertiary Education Superannuation Scheme (TESS) and Superannuation ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... social media giant to divest key assets, labelling the actions 'revisionist history'. The FTC and 48 Attorneys General filed their respective suits overnight, claiming Facebook has used an "unlawful scheme" and illegal monopoly power to suppress ...

Key advice reforms tabled

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
New regulation that requires financial advisers to disclose conflicts of interest and stamp out fees-for-no service have been tabled in parliament. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2020 aims to strengthen many ...

TAL group life lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
TAL's executive general manager of group life is set to take on a new role at Zurich in March. Darren Wickham has been appointed head of group insurance at Zurich, joining the insurer's leadership team. With about 30 years' experience as ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... greater fault tolerance. The Melbourne Region will launch with the availability of three AZs. Commonwealth Bank executive general manager, global technology services Mark Vudrag believes having safe and resilient infrastructure allows the bank to provide ...

Iress scores dealer group mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... advice activity for key risks and using this as quantitative inputs to the file review and adviser audit process," FYG general manager Andrew Wootton said. "As a result, we can more efficiently ensure advisers' service obligations are met, fees are appropriately ...

MLC names head of retail distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... created role at MLC. He was most recently chief executive and regional head of wholesale Asia of Robeco in Singapore. MLC general manager, asset management Mandy Mannix welcomed Keenan to the position. "Mr Keenan brings significant experience in intermediary ...

ASIC to improve default insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... difference was between three and four times. In terms of disclosure practices, many used opaque labels like 'standard' or 'general' and failed to include the relative cost of premiums in different categories. ASIC assessed what assumptions trustees made ...

Chief economist update: China keeps on going and going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... won't bore you with the details but here's the picture......and Caixin's headlines and key findings: Caixin China General Composite PMI - sharpest increase in overall business activity since March 2010 Caixin China General Manufacturing PMI ...

We've done our part, now it's your turn: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe was forced to remind the Standing Committee on Economics that the RBA is not solely responsible for economic recovery and the federal government also needs to pitch in. Lowe explained that while the ...