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The Aussie wealthtech firms that are 'most innovative'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... corporate services Andrew Baker said in Australia the company was pleased to play a role in assisting the Quality of Advice Review and ministerial review process to reach a strongly supportive view regarding digital advice in meeting government objectives. ...

ASIC chief executive to depart

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... at ASIC to an agency we have a shared interest in supporting and seeing succeed," Longo said. "Since I embarked on the review of ASIC's infrastructure and operations on my first day as ASIC chair, Warren has played a significant leadership role, particularly ...

ASIC consults on misconduct reporting rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... Parliamentary Joint Committee's recent recommendation on statutory reporting obligations, which advocated for a comprehensive review to assess if the current reporting requirements for insolvency practitioners "best serve" the integrity, efficiency ...

Proxy advisors have 'undue influence': Jamie Dimon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... for actual portfolio managers to override this decision making. "Some have argued that it's too hard and too expensive to review the large number of proxies and proxy proposals - this is both lazy and wrong. If issues are important to a company, they ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... processes in place and was reliant on CARs self-reporting issues of non-compliance. It also had no formal or documented review or audit processes to assess whether CARs were compliant. It also admitted that it conducted no discernible due diligence on ...

Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... under-reporting limits a life insurer's ability to address issues effectively and improve operations. She urged all life insurers to review their processes for detecting, recording, and reporting breaches to ensure transparency and accountability. Total ...

Super advice fee deductions compound red tape: JAWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... member's super account to an adviser for personal financial advice provided as per Recommendation 7 of the Quality of Advice Review. This aims to provide trustees with more legal certainty about paying advice fees agreed between a member and their ...

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
MetLife Australia is introducing menopause, fertility, and gender affirmation leave for employees, while also extending its parental leave policy. The life insurer is rolling out a revamped benefits program for its staff, saying the new policy is designed ...

HMC Capital acquires asset manager

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... opportunities under contract or exclusivity totalling around $1 billion, and a further $5 billion of opportunities under review. StratCap is a vertically integrated asset management platform specialising in North American digital infrastructure. It focused ...

Platinum bleeds $1.4bn in outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... non-cash charges for the purposes of any FY24 or FY25 dividend determination," Platinum said. The Australian Financial Review reported that several portfolio managers and analysts have been made redundant as part of the turnaround strategy. They include ...