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AFCA consults on funding

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... accurately reflect their usage, addressing cross-subsidisation of larger firms by smaller members of the ombudsman scheme. "It's a fair, transparent and equitable model that is supported by strong data and modelling," AFCA chief ombudsman and chief executive ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... Its range of ethical ETFs all screen out companies with no women on their board of directors. "For example, our ETHI and FAIR funds are tilted to sustainability leaders and also exclude companies with no women on their board of directors in an effort ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... offer made by the consortium led by Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes. The $8.25 per share offer "is still well below both the fair value" of the company, the AGL board told the ASX this morning. Cannon-Brookes, together with his firm Grok Ventures and ...

Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
Australia's largest ever merger between two super funds has seen the $130 billion QSuper and $97 billion Sunsuper merge to create Australian Retirement Trust. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) now has $230 billion in funds under management, making ...

CalPERS names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... role since August 2020 following the resignation of Ben Meng who was accused of failing to fully comply with the California Fair Political Practices Commission in regards to financial disclosures. It was alleged under his leadership that the fund had ...

HESTA endorses super splitting initiative

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... in many women, especially those from low-income households or who are experiencing disadvantage, walking away from their fair share of super assets," Blakey said. "Given super is often the largest or only asset in the relationship for low-income families ...

Aware Super advice arm to pay $20m fine

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
The industry super fund's financial advice subsidiary has been hit with a $20 million penalty for charging over 25,000 customers more than $50 million in fees for no service. Between 21 August 2014 and 30 June 2018, Aware Financial Services, formerly ...

CFA Institute says focus on culture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
A new report from the CFA Institute has found that the culture of investment organisations often constrains innovation. The report, titled The future of work in investment management: changing organisational cultures, offered a series of recommendations ...

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 ...

$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
In a long-awaited move, the government has scrapped the $450 superannuation guarantee threshold, making about 300,000 people eligible for super contributions. The bill to remove the monthly income threshold was passed in Parliament yesterday, alongside ...