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Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
Following a brief reprieve, the number of class actions targeting the financial services sector escalated significantly in 2023. According to a report from Allens, the banking and financial services sector was the second biggest target for class actions ...

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) is bringing its Plastic Circularity Fund to Australia, following a first close last year with backing from the sovereign wealth fund of Monaco, among others. The LOIM Plastic Circularity Fund (Australia), a private ...

Inaugural CSLR levy slugs advisers $18.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
The financial advice industry will be forced to pay $18.5 million to fund the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort's (CSLR) first year of operation, drawing outrage from the sector. The government released its estimates for the first and second phase ...

ASIC extends ETF class order

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
ASIC has released a new legislative instrument that extends relief to a broader class of quoted funds. ASIC Corporations (Relief to Facilitate Admission of Exchange Traded Funds) Instrument 2024/147 replaces [CO 13/721] ASIC Corporations (Relief to ...

Treasury releases draft legislation for new $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
Treasury has released the draft regulations for the superannuation concessions changes set to come into effect FY 2025/26. Stakeholders have been encouraged to submit responses to the draft regulations before 26 April 2024. The bill imposes a tax rate ...

ASIC ends legal battle: Provide Capital's appeal quashed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Provide Capital; it must now comply with a notice issued by ASIC to produce documents and pay the regulator's legal costs. ASIC had previously served a notice on Provide Capital to produce documents as part ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Alcoa merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) finalised the successor fund transfer with the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, one year on from discussions kicking off. In December 2022, Alcoa Super informed members it was on the hunt for potential merger partners ...

AFCA secures $40m in refunds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) said it helped secure more than $40 million in refunds for hundreds of thousands of consumers between July and December 2023. AFCAs Systemic Issues Insights Report revealed the 139,011 consumers received ...

FAAA calls on ATO to provide clarity over advice fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has called on the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to build upon the progress it made in its public release of revised tax deductibility guidance in December 2023. The FAAA said the ATO should further ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The "shocking" prevalence of sexism and misogyny in the UK's financial services sector has led a government committee to recommend a raft of reforms. On International Women's Day, the UK government's Treasury Committee released Sexism in ...