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Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... (Recommendations 13.7 - 13.9) will have to provide standardised consumer consent requirements. Jones will defer the review of time-sharing schemes (Recommendation 13.6), until Treasury's review into the regulatory framework for managed investment ...

Suncorp wage scandal comes to a head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... redundancy, payments in lieu of notice, meal allowances, and superannuation were all impacted. Following an internal review of pay and leave practices, along with rostering systems, Suncorp unearthed systemic underpayments. The bank reported itself to ...

Vanguard reduces fees on VAS

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... Shares Index ETF (VAS) from 0.10% to 0.07% per annum. The fee change will be effective from July 3 and follows a periodic review of Vanguard's pricing and funds. "At Vanguard we regularly assess our product offer against our commitment to deliver ...

ASIC bans former Madison adviser

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... The ban was put in place last September, however Vick applied to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to seek a review of ASIC's decision, as well as stay and confidentiality orders. The AAT refused his applications for stay and confidentiality ...

Treasury hands PwC tax scandal to AFP

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... fallout. Last week it was announced that former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski had been picked to lead an independent review of the firm following the matters at hand. Switkowski was named alongside PwC's own Tony O'Malley who was appointed chief ...

ASIC revokes Centurion subsidiary licence, suspends fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... Following the cancellation, Centurion applied to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) on January 20, seeking a stay and review of ASIC's decision. However, the AAT denied the stay application on May 4. Now a hearing for a "substantial review" of ...

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... they do not charge interest, but the federal government has looked to overhaul this following its options paper and review of the sector which opened last year. Speaking this morning at the Responsible Lending and Borrowing Summit minister for financial ...

PwC picks senior leaders to oversee review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
Former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski has been picked to lead an independent review of the firm and its own Tony O'Malley has been appointed chief risk and ethics leader amid the ongoing tax crisis. The independent review, originally announced last ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... years." The Authority was created on the back of a recommendation out of the Royal Commission. It only released its first review of ASIC in August last year and is still yet to release its first of APRA. It is chaired by former Macquarie chief executive ...

Mine Super to close Choice option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... shuttering one of its Choice investment options that was recently highlighted by APRA as an underperformer. Following a review of its Super investment menu, Mine Super is closing its Conservative Balanced Choice option later this month. The option will ...