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UK regulator appoints Camille Blackburn to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is bolstering its leadership team with six new appointments, including former ASIC and Westpac senior executive Camille Blackburn as director of wholesale buy-side. Blackburn will join the FCA in October from Legal ...

MSCI launches emissions measuring tool

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Financials (PCAF), National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) standard. "Moving forward, Total Portfolio Footprinting will help them to measure against this baseline, focus ...

TWUSUPER adds fee to combat cross subsidisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... legislative] changes mean that if TWUSUPER were to face a penalty or liability - even a small fine from a regulatory authority - the trustee could become insolvent, potentially leaving the fund unable to continue operating," it said. The fee will be ...

Life Code update expands consumer protections

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... vulnerability, capping interview times during the claims process to 90 minutes and a ban on allegations of fraud without prior authority and a new approach to obsolete medial definitions in older policies.

Sue Brake to leave Future Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... expert to the International Monetary Fund and currently sits on the investment and risk advisory panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Former adviser wins appeal, convictions quashed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... account, that the agent has done so dishonestly. It is also a truism that agents may honestly exceed the bounds of their authority." At the time, the judge determined that Jayaweera's conduct involved a high level of planning, sophistication and persistence. ...

May exam sees 43% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... time the exam has been administered by ASIC following the dissolution of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority in December last year.

MSC Group launches Singaporean fund service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... capital markets licence. Its wholly owned subsidiary MSC Capital Partners Pte Ltd was issued the licence by the monetary authority of Singapore at the end of May. In Singapore, MSC Group will initially service funds such as trusts, CIV and VCC structures ...

Defective disclosures see Avanteos Investments fined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... particularly serious because senior managers within Avanteos were aware of what was happening and that they didn't have the authority to be doing it. "Despite this knowledge, there were no changes made to Avanteos' disclosure documents and the ...

Blackstone one step closer on Crown deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
The NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has affirmed Blackstone's suitability to hold a casino license in NSW. This latest regulatory approval paves the way for the private equity manager to become the operator of the Crown Sydney casino. Blackstone ...