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Pendal's Blayney lands at HESTA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... allocation will undoubtedly strengthen our investment capabilities and support us in navigating the changing market environment to best serve our members' interests." Commenting on Catherall's appointment, Lawrence said: "Nick is a fantastic ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... frankly, many have not done much beyond the actual leaders. The pace of change has been slow, and the effort marginal at best." Evans said while currently there are no penalties under the Act for companies who do not comply, he called on investors to ...

Macquarie terminates Aussie equity funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... sufficient scale required to remain economically viable." The investment giant believes the termination of the funds was in the best interests of investors as the continuation of the fund would only result in an increase in management fees. The Australian ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... talking about more rules. I'm talking about levers. Some of them can be led by organisations like ACSI, as to what the best practice is. But I think the question of regulatory complexity and what's happened in private-public markets has a real ...

CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... of the complaints AFCA received in 2024 in investments and advice alleged failure by the adviser to act in their client's best interest or to provide appropriate advice. "We have observed troubling behaviour where some advisers recommend products based ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... timeframes were noted among some insurers, though performance remains bifurcated, with others "well behind" the industry's best. Over half of insurers processed fewer claims within the Code's required timeframes compared with the previous year. The report ...

Qantas Super, ART merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... this is a bittersweet moment for the Qantas Super team, I am super confident that merging Qantas Super into ART is in the best financial interests of our members," Clancy said on LinkedIn. Qantas Super announced it was exploring merger options in September ...

Queensland adviser banned for five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
A Queensland financial adviser has been banned by ASIC for failing to act in the best interests of his clients and failing to prioritise their interests. Grant Thomson is banned from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on ...

AMP introduces geared retirement options

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... of the market. "At North, we have a singular focus on ensuring our platform continues to set the pace by partnering with best-of-breed managers to provide advisers and their clients with access to high quality solutions and investment offerings to suit ...

Insurance in super remains a mystery to millions of Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... time when "super funds should do more" to engage them in making decisions about their coverage. "It's clearly in members' best financial interests to be prompted to genuinely consider whether they want or need insurance and, if so, the type and level ...