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Paraplanners happy to stay put: Survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
According to the Paraplanner Hub and Tanngo's Australian Paraplanner Survey 2022, less and less paraplanners (80%) are wanting to become financial advisers. Paraplanners don't want to move into advising because they don't want to be in client ...

Link Fund Solutions hit with further legal action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
... liquidity issues and left over $6 billion of investor funds frozen; Link Fund Solutions was the trustee of the fund. The legal issues faced by Link have seen Dye and Durham dump plans to acquire the administrator, with the decision made after the UK ...

ASIC commissioner to join Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes is set to lead Vanguard Australia's legal and compliance function. Hughes was due to end his five-year term in December but will now finish up on February 3. "We are grateful for the contribution Sean has made to ASIC ...

AAT upholds AFSL cancellation

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... cancelled the AFS licence of the Gold Coast-based financial services business following concerns it had breached several of its legal obligations, including that its representatives were not adequately trained or competent, and that the firm did not ...

Court approves Pendal takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has approved the acquisition of Pendal by Perpetual. The Court made orders today approving the scheme, with it to become legally effective tomorrow following Pendal lodging a copy of the orders with ASIC. As such ...

AMP, Dexus deal delayed

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
... under a two-stage completion process. Dexus said if binding agreements are ultimately agreed upon, the transfer of most legal entities within AMP's domestic real estate and infrastructure business and effective day to day management control of most ...

Cbus stalwarts retire, union leader returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2022
... step down, while a retiring union national secretary will return to the fund. Donnellan will be replaced by AMWU national legal coordinator Abha Devasia, while retiring CFMEU national construction secretary Dave Noonan will return to the Cbus board to ...

Westpac settles BT Super class action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2022
... through Westpac Life, allowing Westpac Life to earn fees without providing a valuable service. Slater and Gordon launched legal proceedings against the bank in 2019 as part of its Get Your Super Back campaign. The law firm's special counsel Nathan ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... However, between June 2000 and July 2001 he served as legalsuper's deputy fund secretary - the fund was then known as Legal Industry Superannuation Scheme. Under his leadership, the fund has grown from $190 million to over $5 billion. It also now ...

The most powerful driver of risk culture in super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... "While organisations have solidified their capabilities in managing more traditional risks such as investment, liquidity and legal risks, the majority are less mature in managing non-investment risks such as ESG, operational (data protection, third party) ...