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Subjects of Royal Commission case study found guilty in court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
The Federal Court has found that Select AFSL (Select), BlueInc Services Pty Ltd (BlueInc) and Insurance Marketing Service Pty Ltd (IMS) engaged in unconscionable conduct when selling insurance products. The Court also found Russell Howden, the managing ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches Australian small companies fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... caps strategy run as a boutique within Maple-Brown Abbott." Hudak said the co-portfolio managers feel passionate about finding undervalued Australian small companies with idiosyncratic exposures. "The new fund is based on our existing strategy and core ...

Natalie Cameron named AFCA lead ombudsman

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... he said. Cameron said it was an honour to continue AFCA's work helping consumers and financial firms resolve disputes. "Finding ways to bring fair and efficient resolution to disputes could not be more important in a changing banking and finance environment," ...

ASIC urges market to improve outage resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
ASIC is calling on market operators and participants to continue implementing and improving the resilience of the Australian equity market during outages. ASIC released the findings of its review into the ASX outage in November 2020 and other incidents ...

Super funds are ready for RIC: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
Super fund leaders are confident they're ready for the fast-approaching Retirement Income Covenant (RIC) deadline. According to research conducted by CoreData, Australian super funds are ready to publish the retirement income strategies needed to ...

Underemployment continues steep decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
The latest ABS figures show that the total number of underemployed workers has fallen, as has the weekly hours not worked by underemployed people. Of the 13.6 million employed people in May 2022, 1.5 million were underemployed. Of these underemployed ...

50% of advisers now offering ESG advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... Almost half of all financial advisers are now providing ESG investment advice, according to a new report. This is a key finding of new research from Australian Ethical and Investment Trends and shows a significant increase from 2016 when just one in ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... members. The regulator has reviewed the performance test communications sent by the 12 trustees of the 13 failed products, finding that trustees generally complied with the legal obligations to notify members - but some, it says, may have risked confusing ...

Super trustees face rough seas ahead: Byres

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
In a speech at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle 'Meet the regulators' event, APRA chair Wayne Byres said to expect the performance of super trustees to continue to be the subject of intense scrutiny. On APRA's latest priorities, Byres said ...

Aware Super establishes dedicated real estate arm, names chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... for Aware Real Estate. "In an exceptional field, Michelle was the standout candidate for this role. We set our sights on finding an accomplished, energetic and visionary leader, and someone with deep, contemporary experience in the Australian property ...