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Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... of a sustainable bond fund. Equity Trustees agreed to pay three infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading statements about the investments of the Artesian Green and Sustainable Bond Fund. Having paid the notices is not ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... productivity as the government's chief priority, with budget sustainability and resilience also among its key focuses but made the case that sensible progress can't be made without proper consideration of more tax reform in a speech at the National Press ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... cancellation of AFSLs because of the payment of a claim with respect to that AFSL by the CSLR. "Very little additional detail is made available, which is a suboptimal outcome. We believe that greater awareness of these unpaid determinations is both important ...

IFM Investors chief of staff exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... Investors... isn't really one of them." Financial Standard understands the chief of staff role is not to be replaced. "Amara has made a great contribution to IFM Investors during her time with us, and we wish her all the best for the future," a spokesperson ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... and innovation; to build and upgrade the infrastructure that supports growth and drives productivity; to combine our Future Made in Australia plan, our critical mineral strategic reserve, and our new investment framework with a deeper and more diversified ...

Labor proposes changes to ancillary funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... increase the annual distribution rate. "The increased distribution rate will not apply for five years after amendments are made to the ministerial guidelines. This allows funds to adjust their investment strategy, if necessary, in response to the new ...

ASIC sues Australian Unity for TMD failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... looking at the period between 5 October 2021 and 5 October 2023, when Australian Unity, the responsible entity of the fund, made three Target Market Determinations (TMDs) identifying the class of suitable investors for the fund. Australian Unity gave ...

Aged care reforms pushed to November

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... amendment bill to be tabled in Parliament; there is still no indication as to when this will happen. "The Albanese government has made no secret of the fact that this is an incredibly ambitious reform," ministers for health and ageing Mark Butler said. ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs. Via the Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has invested in Tavico Group. It is the fourth investment made by the fund ...

ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... commissions. All policies were distributed by Greenstone Financial Services, a company associated with Choosi. Choosi allegedly made the misleading representations on its website, social media, television commercials and advertorials. For example, on ...