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Brighter Super increases retirement bonus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... making several forms available online, including pension account applications and intention to claim a tax deductions forms. Claims processing for low-value death benefit claims has also been simplified, and the process for TPD claims has also been e ...

AFCA consults on revised superannuation death benefits

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... resolution process. An example of which involved a fund failing to handle complaints and delayed death benefits and insurance claims.

Zurich launches new TPD option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... medicine, paired with significant changes to the makeup of Australia's workforce, have led to almost 80% of Zurich TPD claims not requiring ongoing, continuous care," Zurich head of retail Jacqui Lennon said. "This landscape shift, paired with cost-of-living ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... digital technology, according to a KPMG report. The report said that stopping companies from making false or misleading claims about the sustainability of their products, whether intentional or not, remains a top priority. Some are creating new policies ...

Inflation debate: Albo says rebates will keep inflation down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hit back at claims the official inflation figures released this week were only lower due to government rebates, despite what the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data found. Doing the media rounds this morning ...

Vanguard to pay $13m in greenwashing case brought by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... penalty ever imposed by the Federal Court for such conduct. In March, the Federal Court found Vanguard misled investors via claims it made about ESG screens applied to its $1.1 billion Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund between August ...

ASIC sees case against Rest thrown out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... Court also pointed out that APRA had reviewed these practices and raised no objections until 2018. It dismissed ASIC's claims and ordered it to pay 80% of Rest's legal costs. ASIC has 28 days to appeal the judgment but hasn't indicated that ...

AFCA consults on superannuation life insurance disputes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... approach to sections 29(6) and 29(7) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984, and the amended approach to delayed insurance claims in superannuation. "The draft Approaches have been developed to provide greater clarity around what to expect from AFCA processes ...

E&P free of legacy issues, FUA jumps 26%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... their ultimate civil penalty action, as well as postponing the end date of its AFCA membership to accept hundreds of extra claims in the final months. "In our analysis, we have just scratched the surface. There is so much more that needs to be unearthed ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... action to remove these board members despite allegations of "thuggery, organised crime, and corruption." This includes claims that CFMEU NSW state secretary Darren Greenfield boasted to corrupt building firms that he could secure them lucrative contracts ...