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AMP fined $24m for charging deceased customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... were vulnerable, obviously unable to monitor their accounts and were entirely reliant on the representatives of their estates." ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "The AMP companies had been notified that these customers had died, and despite this ...

Wendy Norris quits Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... arm. Norris was part of the Future Fund team that established OneFortyOne, investing in Australian and New Zealand forest estates and timber manufacturing businesses in South Australia and New Zealand. She has also served on the board of OneFortyOne. ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... didn't want to sell. "In the longer term, more substantial reforms - such as recouping the cost of aged care from people's estates (again while maintaining a generous buffer) - may be needed to ensure that funding for quality aged care services is sustainable," ...

Mercer embroiled in greenwashing allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... excluded in the options, Mercer said. Another 15 companies like Budweiser Brewing, Carlsberg AS, Heineken and Treasury Wine Estates were also omitted. In doing so, ASIC said Mercer made false and misleading statements and engaged in conduct that could ...

ESR, GIC start sustainable venture

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... will further expand ESR Australia's strategy of delivering premium, sustainable and human-centric designed industrial estates. EADP II is the successor to the fully allocated ESR Australia Development Partnership (EADP), established in June last year ...

Perpetual Private hires from MLC, MetLife

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... trustee services within the Perpetual Private business. It's a newly created role and sees Mastrogianni focus on Trusts, Estates and Lifestyle Assist clients. She was previously a state managing partner for the business but has spent the last 12 months ...

Defective disclosures see Avanteos Investments fined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... and an example of a financial corporation putting its own interests above those of its investors". All the members' estates have been remediated, ASIC noted. "This is the first criminal prosecution for failing to update defective disclosure statements ...

S&P launches agribusiness Index

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... in partnership with the ASX, the S&P/ASX Agribusiness Index (ASX: XAG) includes household names such as Treasury Wine Estates, A2 Milk, Nufarm, Elders and Bega Cheese. Much like the above listed, the index comprises companies whose principal business ...

Warakirri adds winery to fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... arrangement with Endeavour Group, which has acquired the related Josef Chromy Wines business and brands for their Paragon Wine Estates fine wine portfolio. This is the fifth investment of the Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund (Fund). The fund, which ...

Foresters Financial appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
... lead the merger between ANZ Trustees and Equity Trustees, and subsequently joined Equity Trustees as general manager of estates and trusts. Her most recent role was serving as director of philanthropy and development at Rural Aid. Foresters chair Caroline ...