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Xinja returns deposits

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... September 2019. "After a year marked by COVID-19 and an increasingly difficult capital-raising environment, and following a review of the market in Australia, Xinja has decided to withdraw the bank account and Stash (savings) account and cease being ...

ASIC bans former IOOF, MLC adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... providing financial services for three years, after it was revealed he was not adequately trained. ASIC said that a review of the advice given by Pavlidis between 2004 and 2018 found that he failed to provide financial advice that was in the best interests ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... puzzle." Future Super's new hiring statistics are a marked improvement on the previous year. In February 2020, the fund's review of its efforts to increase diversity found that the gender pay gap had actually increased in favour of men from 12% to 17%. ...

Challenger to buy industry-fund-owned bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... Equipsuper under an extended public offer in 2019. Togethr Trustees said the decision to sell comes after an extensive review of operations and assets, which determined that growing the bank would require additional investment and focus. It has decided ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... includes enhancing a culture focused on audit quality, the experience and expertise of partners and others, supervision and review of audits, and accountability of partners and others for audit quality," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. Auditors' ...

Hostplus axes manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... since January 2003. But, in a notice to members, the $50 billion industry fund advised that following a recent strategic review of its investment portfolio and investment managers, Hostplus has decided to close the Balanced Equity Management - Australian ...

New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The same underperforming and costly MySuper products APRA named and shamed last year have failed members again in the latest iteration of the heatmaps. APRA is taking action on 10 MySuper products overseen by eight trustees. It will issue notices for ...

Reporting rules for charities relaxed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... an annual information sheet. The relaxation of reporting thresholds for smaller charities was recommended by a 2018 review of the charity regulator Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission's legislation. It said the regulatory burden on charities ...

Xinja ceases banking

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... difficult" year. "After a year marked by COVID-19 and an increasingly difficult capital-raising environment, and following a review of the market in Australia, Xinja has decided to withdraw the bank account and Stash (savings) account and cease being ...

Regulators alert trustees of new obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... outcomes obligations focus on super funds' broader business operations, and strategic planning and the continual review of products and operations in a bid to deliver quality outcomes for members. Rowell said she expects trustees to have progressed ...