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Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... Pension and in partnership with Barclays business banking, and across the US. Backed by the likes of J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Legal & General Investment Management, Link Group, Chrysalis Investments, and Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Smart's ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... had the extraordinary circumstances of the former Attorney-General having a so-called blind trust to raise money for his legal case. That really exposed the weakness in the system, because how did people know where to donate to this so-called blind trust? ...

New chief executive at Industry Fund Services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... roles of chief executive and chief operating officer. It's a promotion for Baranyai, who was previously executive manager of legal, risk and compliance and company secretary. "With the significant structural and regulatory changes experienced in the ...

Sri Lanka announces bankruptcy

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... agreement at the staff level. This is not a straight-forward process," he said. Wickremesinghe added that Sri Lanka's financial legal advisors are working on a debt sustainability report to be submitted in August.

UK regulator appoints Camille Blackburn to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Westpac senior executive Camille Blackburn as director of wholesale buy-side. Blackburn will join the FCA in October from Legal & General Investment Management, where she is currently the global chief compliance officer, responsible for the company's ...

Collimate Capital deals inch toward completion

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... ensure the smooth transition of the businesses," the financial services giant said. This includes the transfer of applicable legal entities, business assets, systems and employees, which will provide stability for clients, employees and partners, AMP ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... 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 or misleading members. According to ASIC, seven ...

Squirrel Super to pay over false property claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
More than 18 months after legal action was launched, Squirrel Super will pay $55,000 for claims made in marketing materials about investing in residential property. The SMSF administrator was found by the Federal Court to have distributed a brochure ...

Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... a binding tax ruling. In the advice world, often when a licensee approaches ASIC, they will be advised to get their own legal advice. If a licensee refers to a compliance specialist, they might get different answers," the AFA said. "There is no forum ...

MSC Group launches Singaporean fund service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... will benefit from the flexibility of our services, as well as international managers who are attracted to the political, legal and tax settings in Singapore."