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Australian Retirement Trust completes Alcoa merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... Alcoa Super had about 5100 members. ART is still working through the transfer of AvSuper, having entered a Heads of Agreement in August 2023. According to an update from AvSuper, the merger is slated to take place on May 1. ART will begin running introductory ...

AFCA secures $40m in refunds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... investments and advice the issue was that a processing error had seen charges applied that didn't align to the user agreement, and the systemic issue identified in the report on the life insurance sector was policy term breaches, namely failure to provide ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The "shocking" prevalence of sexism and misogyny in the UK's financial services sector has led a government committee to recommend a raft of reforms. On International Women's Day, the UK government's Treasury Committee released Sexism in ...

AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... promoting opportunities available to global investors so they choose the UK," Johnson said. "The UK-Australia free trade agreement, which came into force on 31 May 2023, includes comprehensive provisions on investment, which has made the UK an even more ...

ASIC succeeds in conflicted remuneration case

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... in mid-2019, estimating that the SMSF Club accepted more than $730,000 in conflicted remuneration from the referral agreement. The SMSF Club provided financial product advice and accounting and administrative services for SMSFs. Between August 2013 and ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... civil penalty actions before the Federal Court - Vanguard Investments Australia and Active Super, while a tentative agreement has been reached with Mercer Super for civil penalty actions under which Mercer will pay $11.3 million in fines.

Copia seals distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
Copia Investment Partners has won a partnership with HSBC Asset Management to distribute a strategy to retail investors. Copia will make the HSBC Global Infrastructure Equity Fund available to retail investors after it was launched to the institutional ...

Iress sells platforms business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... a natural home for the clients and employees of the Iress platform business and we are delighted to have reached an agreement today which is in the best interests of all parties."

Former financial adviser sanctioned by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... products that could fulfill client objectives. Jaidka has acknowledged and admitted to these shortcomings. The undertaking agreement specifies that Jaidka cannot operate a financial services firm, hold a managerial position in any entity involved in ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... risen as much as 7.8% to $15.56. According to CommSec, this is its highest since August 2018. ANZ initially entered an agreement to purchase Suncorp Bank in July 2022.