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ASIC calls out super 'leaders and laggards'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... improvement in meeting requirements of the Covenant, she warned that many are falling short when it comes to servicing First Nations members. "RSE licensees failed to adequately consider their First Nations members in their communications. While some ...

Funeral insurer fined $4.75m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... Aboriginal consumers by making false claims. "It is one of ASIC's enduring priorities to tackle misconduct targeting First Nations people and our work in this case shows exactly why," Longo said. Handing down the decision, Justice Goodman agreed with ...

Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... one "distressing" complaint in which one trustee took over 500 days to pay a death benefit of around $100,000 to a First Nations woman who was grieving the loss of her husband. Constant noted the trustee failed to respond to her concerns about financial ...

Plenary names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... to sustainability and ESG, gender and other diversity and inclusion initiatives, our reconciliation journey with First Nations Australians, and many other areas." Plenary has US$59 billion of assets under management (AUM). On February 24, sovereign investor ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... Financial Hardship Withdrawals for member consultation, marking a significant "milestone" in making it easier for First Nations people to access their superannuation. The guidance note is developed in collaboration with the First Nations Foundation (FNF) ...

Rest calls for advice reforms, extending SG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... law so family violence perpetrators are not able to inherit their victim's superannuation benefits, co-design with First Nations peoples the development of a holistic 'First Nations Retirement Strategy', and establish an ambitious plan to ensure the ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... impacts of colonialism's deeply harmful and divisive racist legacy can be seen here today, where a third of the First Nations peoples are in the poorest 20% of the population," Oxfam Australia chief executive Lyn Morgain said. "As the federal election ...

Liberal MPs slammed for 'dangerous' super policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... with aligning the LISTO to income tax thresholds and indexing it; value and share care work; and equal outcomes for First Nations Peoples. Kowalczyk said there are glaring inequities that could be resolved by legislators quickly. "The stroke of a pen ...

Pensioners to pay more under aged care reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... will also be limited, with the bill seeking to legislate that aged care is for people aged 65 years or older. For First Nations people, those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, it will be accessible from age 50 provided they have exhausted ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... have shared in the economic prosperity of recent decades," Wilson said. "We are no closer to improving outcomes for First Nations Australians, or those experiencing persistent poverty. This is unacceptable in one of the richest countries in the world ...