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AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... and growing our low carbon businesses, products and services. We are also actively engaging countries, cities and corporations around the world to help them decarbonise. "Reliable and affordable energy is no longer enough. It must also be cleaner," he ...

New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... harmed to get funding for a class action, meaning fewer class actions and less justice," Hardwick said. "It will mean corporations face fewer consequences for bad behaviour, making them more likely to try and get away with wrongdoing. "I suspect Frydenberg ...

ASIC suspends OTC derivatives issuer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... Sydney-based retail over-the-counter derivatives issuer operating as USGFX is suspended until September 23 under 915B of the Corporations Act 200 because it is under external administration. A spokesperson for the company said the administration was ...

Forex Capital to face Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... of $420,000. The regulator also alleges that Forex Capital "contravened a ban on conflicted remuneration under the Corporations Act by paying account manager bonuses primarily based on client 'net deposits' (total client deposits less withdrawals) ...

Changes to advice incoming: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... Senator Andrew Bragg has confirmed legislative changes to advice are around the corner, telling Michael Rice the Corporations Act needs to be updated. Bragg, in conversation with Rice for a Financial Services Council webinar, said he is an avid user ...

Industry super accused of misleading consumers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... 'industry super'. The subject arose as Falinski questioned ASIC during the Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services on its litigation against Mayfair 101. Part of ASIC's case against Mayfair 101 is the allegation ...

AMP advisers low priority for ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... businesses was not a priority for the regulator. In a letter to the chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations Senator James Paterson, O'Neil said she would like the committee to look into BOLR agreements being slashed because she was ...

AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... Super' to cover the cost of the fund complying with new legislation. At the Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services Senator Andrew Bragg asked ASIC commissioner Danielle Press how ASIC's review into member communication ...

Pendal winds back fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Managed Cash Fund has been running since 1986 and invests in short-term money market securities issued by banks, corporations and similar local issuers. The Pendal Stable Cash Plus Fund has about $1.8 billion in assets and invests in combination of money ...

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
The Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services looking into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry sparked a heated debate today. Menzies Research Centre chief of staff James Mathias was questioned ...