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IFM blames "unfounded" class action for Tandem worries

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... month, the Australian Financial Review reported Tandem was placed into administration over $400 million in sham contracting claims, as one of its subsidiaries also faced an underpayment class action from Shine Lawyers initiated in late 2018. On July ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... retain the bulk of its advisers, while conceding he is also nervous as to the outcome. Further, a new fee model, which claims to support the delivery of advice, improve practice efficiency and help advisers grow their businesses, will be phased in from ...

CSLR raises concern among advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... the case," the association said. The scheme has a $250 million annual cap. "The amount is considered high enough to fund claims for compensation in circumstances where there has been a large or 'black swan' event relating to a financial firm ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... careers and credibility at risk in doing so. It also, unintentionally, gives companies an incentive to refute harassment claims as manager may be under pressure to keep the number of harassment claims low. "The current system relies on victims complaining... ...

ASIC spells out IDR reporting

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... Corporations Act. ASIC will also consider complaints on social media, objections to death benefit recipients and insurance claims handling processes. All complaints must be responded to in 45 days.

Astute Wealth alleges copyright breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... breached "substantial copyright" with respect to its financial planning client engagement platform AstuteWheel. Astute claims that Lumiant's Confidence questionnaire, a series of financial health questions on its platform, has "substantially the ...

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... "Insurance premiums are regularly reviewed by our Insurer, taking into account factors such as the number and payment of claims to our members, and costs associated with providing insurance cover," BT said in a notice to members sent on July 31. "Following ...

Stop abusers hiding super: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... abusive relationships," Scheerlinck said. This new information-sharing process was first recommended by WLSV in their Small Claims Large Battles report in 2018. The government originally announced that it would progress this measure in 2018. AIST's position ...

Super funds back space travel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... Technologies was founded in 2013, aiming to offer lower cost access to space. In 2016, it launched a hybrid rocket, which it claims is the "world-first demonstration of a rocket launch using 3D printed fuel".

UK bans crypto exchange Binance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... well-known and popular crypto exchange Binance from operating in its jurisdiction. Binance, which is Cayman Islands domiciled, claims to be the biggest Bitcoin exchange and alt-coin cryptocurrency exchange in the world by volumes traded. However, the ...