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ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... chair Sarah Court said the regulator is acting to stop companies taking advantage of consumers trying to shop around for the best deals. "We allege Choosi misled thousands of consumers into thinking they were comparing options from a range of insurers. ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... allocation goals through industry-led collaboration." Lane said that a voluntary approach to investing in private markets is the best option. "The challenges of a mandated approach would be significant-raising legal concerns around fiduciary duty and ...

Apostle Fund adds two staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... and London offices, most recently leading investment due diligence on liquid alternative investment strategies, sourcing best-in-class fund managers, and creating tailored mandates for clients. During his time with the asset consultant, he worked as ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital Markets Union and the ...

Quality over quantity: CareSuper on mergers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... size "would be a confusion of our past and of how we've done it and why we've done it." "We will always do what is best for our members... if there is an opportunity that comes to us that fits that requirement then we would obviously have to ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... payments increasing to $70 billion and pension payments rising to $57.6 billion. Separately, over the year to March 31, the best-performing default investment options were Colonial First State's Essential Super Employer - Lifestage (1980-1984) and FirstChoice ...

Count Financial class action dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... against a class action which was filed in 2020 alleging it failed to ensure financial advisers were acting in their clients' best interests. The case has been before the court for just shy of five years, with Justice Halley officially determining to ...

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... with Morgan Stanley. La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris Paton said that the fund combines its "two flagship, best-in-class strategies." "It provides a conservative and diversified exposure to private credit, with the convenience of investing ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... these claims were discontinued. "We believe the evidence in this case will show that AMP was driven by profit and not the best interests of its superannuation members - made up of millions of hardworking Australians," said Emma Pelka-Caven, Slater and ...

Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... Martin Currie Property Securities Fund on May 15 for their inability to scale. FTAL said it "determined that it is in the best interests of all unitholders to wind up the fund in an orderly manner and return the proceeds to investors" as it was unlikely ...