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Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... compliance of super funds; and competency rules that require super fund directors and chairs to have relevant experience. In response, the ACTU denounced the suggestion to ban worker representatives from serving on super boards. The ACTU said the Coalition's ...

Finance workers worry about job displacement from AI, government urged to take action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... worldwide will be impacted by AI, while Goldman Sachs foresees 300 million jobs disappearing thanks to generative AI. In response to the report, ACTU assistant secretary Joseph Mitchell said: "Too often, we have seen AI used by multinational giants to ...

Cbus faces fresh investigation over fund expenditure practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... employer groups. "The issues raised by APRA continue to be addressed as part of a rectification plan, published today in response to the Deloitte review which will assist us demonstrate how partnership arrangements will be undertaken in the best financial ...

Jones flags drafting of Tranche 2 legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... role of tertiary education." Financial Advice Association Australia chief executive Sarah Abood said the government's response goes beyond the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) proposals and there are concerns about changes that may adversely impact ...

JANA revamps research team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... JANA Investment Advisers has taken steps to strengthen its research team through a series of new hires and promotions in response to strong business growth. Matthew Gadsden, who previously served as the head of global equities research, has been appointed ...

Insignia Financial receives bid from Brookfield

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... Capital partners offered $4.30 cash per Insignia share, representing a 7.5% premium to Bain Capital's offer of $4. In response, Bain matched CC Capital's bid. Just a week later CC Capital upped its bid to the current $4.60 offer. Insignia granted ...

ASIC initiates ASX outage probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... resilience, reliability, integrity, and security of CHESS." "All options are being considered for ASIC's regulatory response to the incident. ASIC is engaging with the RBA and stakeholders on the impact of the incident and lessons for the future," ...

BUSSQ loses legal bid to overturn additional licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... fitness and proprietary processes and fund expenditure management. At the same time, APRA cracked down on Cbus' trustee in response to allegations of "serious misconduct" within the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), which has ...

Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... national director for Serbia and Montenegro from 1999 to 2003. He was also engaged with World Vision's Syria crisis response and worked in Serbia and Montenegro for over three years in the aftermath of the Kosovo crisis. He also worked in the corporate ...

Financial services minister Stephen Jones to retire from politics

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... efforts in ensuring financial advice reform remained on the government's agenda, legislating the first tranche of its response to the Levy review," Briggs said. Likewise, the Super Members Council (SMC) thanked Jones for his service and noted his ...