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ANZ becomes first Australian bank to develop stablecoin

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... issuer for the first digital banking guarantee on the Lygon blockchain platform and is a founding partner alongside Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Scentre Group and IBM.

Childcare key to super gap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... long." HESTA is lobbying for three simple changes to improve women's financial security in retirement: paying super on Commonwealth Parental Leave Pay; introducing a super carer's credit for unpaid parental leave; and providing universal access to affordable ...

Dealer group faces anti-hawking charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... maximum penalty for each breach of s992A(3) of the Corporations Act was $133,200. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions after a brief of evidence collected during an investigation was handed over by ASIC. ...

Midwinter scores AIA mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... and our team's ability to implement the software quickly and effectively." AIA Financial Wellbeing was created when Commonwealth Bank transferred some of its Commonwealth Financial Planning advisers to the insurer as part of its broader plan to shutter ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... mandating super on parental leave. ISA calculates that in total women lost $1.86 billion in super contributions since the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme began in June 2011. This is because it is overwhelmingly women taking Commonwealth Parental ...

CSC turns 100 years old

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, one of Australia's longest running funds with $58 billion in assets under management, celebrates its 100th year anniversary in 2022. The CSC launched as the Superannuation Fund Management Board (SFMB) in ...

Charter Hall, PSP Investments acquire Brisbane site

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... electricity, supplied by the grid. In other news, the property investment fund has also secured a new 12-year lease with the Commonwealth of Australia in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. The property is just 5.5 kilometres from Melbourne's CBD and will accommodate ...

NAB tops bad advice compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... advice licensees reached $621.4 million and is due to complete compensations by end of the first quarter of 2022. Commonwealth Bank's amount hit $183.2 million thanks to bad advice from Count Financial (now owned by CountPlus), Financial Wisdom ...

CDPP dumps ANZ cartel case

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has dropped all charges against the criminal cartel case involving the issue of ANZ shares. Last week, the CDPP withdrew charges against the remaining defendants, Citigroup Global Markets Australia, Deutsche ...

Hostplus hits members with new fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... insolvent if a penalty were to be imposed on it, or its directors (e.g., as a result of an inadvertent breach of Commonwealth legislation), and the trustee does not have sufficient capital to pay the penalty." Hostplus is just the latest in a series ...