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Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... consumption growth is weak, as is dwelling investment," she said. The prices of goods continued to ease reflecting the resolution of earlier global supply chain disruptions and a moderation in domestic demand for goods, she said. The cost of services ...

Clime avoids board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
Clime Investment Management has avoided a board spill that was brought about by its former chair and a substantial shareholder. Major shareholder Torres Industries, which is associated with former Clime chair Don McLay, attempted to oust directors John ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... standards. Notably, ASIC has initiated civil penalty proceedings against TelstraSuper for not meeting internal dispute resolution standards, alleging the corporate fund failed to adequately respond to two in five complaints in a relevant time period. ...

AMP names new group insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
AMP has named a new default insurance provider for its superannuation offering to replace Resolution Life. TAL is the new group insurer for AMP Super Fund, which includes its flagship product SignatureSuper. Commenting on the transition, AMP general ...

AFCA reports unprecedented complaint spike

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... businesses unable to resolve disputes with financial firms in 2023. This marks the first time Australia's financial dispute resolution scheme crossed the 100,000-complaint threshold in a single year, reflecting a 23% increase from the previous year's ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... Court of New South Wales by Munich Re in April 2023. The proceedings regard the manner in which both Munich Re and Resolution Life Australasia (formerly AMP Life and also named as a defendant) entered into certain reinsurance agreements in 2016 and 2017. ...

CSLR chief executive named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... contribution will ensure the delivery of a valued compensation service which raises confidence in the external dispute resolution framework and, more broadly, the financial services industry." The board still requires an independent chair to be appointed ...

Pacific Current Group wraps up buyout talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... against its remuneration report at its annual general meeting today, with more than 48% of investors opposing it. A resolution to increase the non-executive directors' remuneration pool was also rejected. On the first strike, PAC chair Tony Robinson ...

Dispute resolution failures land TelstraSuper in Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... corporate regulator is taking TelstraSuper to the Federal Court for allegedly failing to comply with internal dispute resolution requirements. ASIC alleges that 40% of the corporate superannuation fund's responses to complainants during a specific ...

Hollywood strike plays havoc with film fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
... said realistically the fund will raise its first money in the first quarter of 2024. "That strike is horribly close to resolution, so we'll resume our fundraising activity very shortly. We are looking to target investors this year, with an aim to ...