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Dispute resolution failures land TelstraSuper in Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... six cases were resolved in favour of the super fund. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "ASIC expects the financial services industry to have effective dispute resolution procedures in place, and, importantly, to have the systems and resourcing to ensure ...

Super fund, insurer admin issues draw AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA's latest update details the systemic issues that plague financial services firms but does not name the organisations in its report. One unnamed life insurer blamed its old policy administration ...

Link Fund Solutions sale completes

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... of the troubled Fund Solutions arm to Waystone was first announced in February, after a long battle with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) about its role as an authorised corporate director to the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund. In August ...

Platform fees, poor resourcing a red flag for regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... the regulator, flagging concerns around poor disclosure of fees and under-investment in technology. In the letter, the Financial Conduct Authority's director of consumer investments Lucy Castledine outlined "key harms" to consumers the regulator has ...

NextGen Financial Group forced into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... representative of The FinancialLink Group at the time, from managing, supervising, or auditing the provision of financial services. In 2019, Phillip Emidio Bruni copped a permanent ban from working in financial services. This article incorrectly stated ...

Sequoia liquidates Libertas Financial Planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... several matters referred to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) relating to the provision of financial services to its retail clients". "The directors have assessed complaints for which there is less than a probable likelihood of restitution ...

Westpac reports $1.8bn net profit, rise in stressed assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
... intermediation, securities dealing or credit provisions. It will be funded by levies imposed on parts of the financial services industry. Meanwhile, Westpac's 3Q23 net interest margin (NIM) clocked in at 2.06%. But excluding notable items, the NIM ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... spokesperson for ASIC confirmed to FS Sustainability that Bloomberg and MSCI do not hold any relevant Australian Financial Services Licences. But the market regulator issued a warning. "ASIC is actively considering the conduct and obligations of third-party ...

ASIC takes Dixon Advisory director to court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... suffering significant losses. The corporate regulator believes Ryan put the interests of Dixon Advisory, which is now E&P Financial Group, above creditors when he also served as director of another subsidiary of the firm, E&P Operations. Ryan was appointed ...

VFMC chair to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... in an acting capacity. She is currently deputy chair. "Lisa is a highly regarded non-executive director with financial services experience in funds management, investment banking and stockbroking," VFMC said. In her executive career, Gay spent 20 years ...