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British banker to become RBA deputy governor

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has selected Bank of England (BoE) executive Andrew Hauser as its new deputy governor and as a member of the Reserve Bank board. Hauser is set to begin his five-year term in January, bringing with him over three decades ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
Treasury is calling for feedback on the use of genetic testing in life insurance underwriting, citing concerns the existing moratorium is ineffective, negatively impacting medical research efforts, and a lack of compliance from insurers. The government's ...

Mercer fined $12m over advice failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
Mercer Financial Advice will pay $12 million after the Federal Court found it failed to meet some disclosure obligations and charged almost $5 million in fees to clients when it was not entitled to do so. Mercer admitted that, between July 2016 and ...

SEC sues Kraken exchange again

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Kraken Crypto Exchange for operating its trading platform as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer, and clearing agency. According to the SEC, Kraken has made hundreds of millions ...

Government consults on reforms to merger rules

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
The government has kicked off its consultation on merger rules and processes to improve competition and productivity while lowering costs to ensure better outcomes for Aussies. According to the government's Merger Reform consultation paper, Australia's ...

Count, Diverger forge ahead with acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
One day after COG Financial Services backed out of the running, Count announced that its acquisition of Diverger will go ahead and flagged that it's upped its offer price. Count is now willing to pay more for every Diverger share at $1.3651 - more ...

Rest hires policy lead from HESTA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
The $75 billion superannuation fund welcomed a head of public policy this week, recruiting from HESTA. Enrico Burgio has moved to Rest from HESTA where he served as senior manager - policy and advocacy since January. Prior to HESTA, he held a series ...

E&P settles class action for $16m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
E&P Financial Group has settled a class action relating to investment advice representatives gave for its in-house product, the Masters Residential Property Fund (URF) for $16 million. The lawsuit led by Shine Lawyers alleged that E&P's financial ...

Insurers drop allocation to risk assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
Over 80% of insurers are adopting a cautious investment approach, signalling their intent to decrease exposure to risk in the coming six months. Janus Henderson, in collaboration with Investment Trends, released its 2023 Insurance Asset Management Report ...

Morningstar executive lands at ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has nabbed a Morningstar executive who most recently spearheaded institutional portfolios and solutions at the research house. Jody Fitzgerald will join the $260 billion super fund in late January 2024 as head of investment ...