Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 551 - 560 of 2834 results for "OCC"

ASX chief churn increases: Analyst

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
ASX-listed firms are experiencing a high turnover in chief executive and investors should be on the lookout. Pendal Australian equities investment analyst Elise Mckay explained the spate of leadership changes can be a warning sign of underlying issues. ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Superannuation funds need to improve the life insurance they provide members, with ASIC finding trustees have not made sufficient effort to do so since it began targeted work in the area in 2019. Last year, ASIC reviewed the actions of 15 trustees in ...

Super funds have the power to make change: Advocates

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Super funds can better support more Australians in retirement from a diversity standpoint by investing wisely and understanding who their members are, the Conference of Major Super Funds has heard. Athlete and disability advocate Dylan Alcott and Homelessness ...

Future-proofing the super system: Rees

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Speaking on a panel the first day of the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF), MetLife head of external affairs and public policy Nathan Rees said that establishing an objective for superannuation will help to "future proof" the system. "The ...

AMP, Dexus reach final sale agreement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
The long-awaited transfer of the AMP real estate and domestic infrastructure equity business to Dexus Funds Management has begun, with the first-stage completion of the sale expected to occur this week. First completion is expected on Friday, at which ...

BT's Advance AM hit with stop orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
BT Financial Group has been forced to suspend distribution of three of its Advance Asset Management funds for having non-compliant, "broadly drafted" target market determinations (TMDs). ASIC issued interim stop orders to BT and Advance Asset Management ...

E&P Investments hunts new RE

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
E&P Investments is seeking proposals for a responsible entity to replace itself as responsible entity for six of its managed investment schemes, including the US Masters Residential Property Fund. E&P Investments is currently responsible entity for ...

Fink warns of "slow rolling crisis"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
In his annual letter to investors, BlackRock chair Larry Fink has said it's unclear what impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and others this past week will truly have, saying they are just one element of the "price we're paying for decades ...

Fixed interest ETP issuers hit the gas

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
Fixed interest ETPs were the fastest growing asset class in Australia last year, according to Rainmaker Information. In its latest ETP Report, Rainmaker found in the 12 months to December 2022 the fixed interest (FI) sector grew by 16% to $16 billion ...

CareSuper changes TPD definition, extends cover

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
CareSuper is making a raft of changes to its insurance offering, including a change to the definition of total and permanent disablement (TPD), impacting members who file a claim. CareSuper said its insurer MetLife has made the definition change. Under ...