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Mainstream revenue up 18%

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
ASX-listed Mainstream reported $65.6 million in revenue for FY21, up 18% from the previous financial year. The firm said all revenue growth was organic and driven by demand in Australia, Asia and the United States. Operating EBITDA rose 27% to $20.4 ...

ASX 100 missing key reporting metric: ACCR

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
A new report from the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has raised serious governance concerns with ASX 100 companies in relation to contractors. ACCR found that Australian listed companies remain opaque about their labour hire, contracting ...

IOOF posts $143.5m loss for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
IOOF reported an underlying net loss after tax of $143.5 million for FY21, as it cleans out legacy arrangements and integrates recent acquisitions. Revenue for the year was $769.9 million (up 31%), of which $69.1 million came from MLC and $700.8 million ...

Benefits of advice reforms yet to materialise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
The myriad of regulatory reforms in the financial advice industry is raising concerns about the effects on the accessibility and quality of advice. This is according to Rainmaker's latest analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, which saw almost ...

Funds valued illiquid asset correctly: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC stopped just short of praising fund managers on how they handled valuing illiquid assets at the height of COVID-19. ASIC found that the responsible entities of the funds were responsive to the increased valuation risks during ...

QSuper head moves to AMP

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
QSuper's former head of product and services joined AMP Australia as general manager retirement solutions. Ben Hillier will lead the development of financial solutions across the AMP Australia business to help more Australians manage their wealth in ...

Super fund member meetings under the spotlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Superannuation funds need to lift their game when it comes to annual member meetings as ASIC found that many should be giving members a better opportunity to have their voices heard. While the the corporate regulator did not identify significant failures ...

BNK partners with Goldman Sachs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
The ASX-listed BNK will originate, fund and securitise specialist mortgages with Goldman Sachs. The two have signed a binding definitive agreement for an uncommitted $500 million residential mortgage warehouse funded by Goldman Sachs. BNK will act as ...

Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
Yesterday's Standing Committee hearings on financial advice suggested the corporate regulator and industry superannuation funds are the only ones benefiting from increasing costs. Appearing before the Standing Committee on Economics on Thursday ...

Commonwealth FP under review, partially offloaded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Commonwealth Bank has transferred part of Commonwealth Financial Planning to AIA, with the remainder of the business now subject to a strategic review. The big bank has offloaded part of Commonwealth FP to AIA Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary ...