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AZ NGA acquires Sydney advice firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... advice, and a team of a dedicated, capable professionals," AZ NGA executive general manager Chesne Stafford said. "When we do a deal, we don't just look at individual businesses in isolation but rather how they fit into our broader community. We consider ...

Super lobbies call for death benefit reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... been focused on "unpicking the barriers" to better serve their members. "Death claims in particular are complex, and usually deal with an untimely death. It is complex by nature because there is the insurance component and super payout," Delahunty said. ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... choosing suitable service providers; can and will monitor the ongoing performance of service providers; and will appropriately deal with any actions by service providers that breach service level agreements or obligations as a licensee," ASIC said in ...

Macquarie offloads airports in $3bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4, and Ferrovial have reached an agreement to sell AGS Airports to AviAlliance. The terms of the transaction represent an enterprise value for the business of around $3 billion (£1.53 ...

Bell Financial Group bids $51m for SelfWealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Bell Financial Group (BFG) is proposing to acquire SelfWealth for $51 million in a deal which both parties find "compelling." BFG said in offering 22 cents for each SelfWealth security, shareholders of the trading platform "will benefit through increased ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... insurance claims. "When families have a bereavement, you would expect that the super fund will do the right thing and quickly deal with the claim. In some cases, funds are asking for multiple death certificates to be produced, which seems incredibly ...

ASIC sues Cbus over insurance claim delays: 'We're sorry'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
ASIC has launched legal proceedings against Cbus over delays in the processing of insurance claims made by members. Court documents were filed by ASIC in the Federal Court today, alleging members were impacted by delays to death and TPD claims processing ...

LGT Crestone takes over remainder of Commonwealth Bank's advice business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
LGT Crestone has inked a deal to scoop up Commonwealth Bank's (CBA's) remaining personal advice business, which serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Commonwealth Private Advice has around 500 clients with assets exceeding $5 billion. ...

Systemic issues impact 20k consumers: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) revealed some of the most common systemic issues it saw in the second half of FY24, including continued non-compliance with the Protecting Your Super regime. According to the Systemic Issues Insights ...

'No alternative': ESSSuper sues Iress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... subsidiary, claiming material breaches of contract and pre-contractual misrepresentations. ESSSuper and Iress first signed a deal in October 2019 for administration services, with the fund signing on to outsource its admin function to Iress' Automated ...