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Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... capabilities. Q: What is one change that you've been grateful to see occur over your time in the industry? A: In recent times, I've loved seeing the adaptability of advisers in the face of a pandemic. There's something oddly intimate about ...

Dover, McMaster hit with $1.4m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... that imposing penalties in the manner proposed by ASIC carries obvious potential for the defendants to be punished multiple times for the same underlying misconduct," court documents read. In June 2018, ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from Dover ...

Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... women - 67% compared to 56% in all industries. These jobs are insecure and are the first jobs to lose hours and roles during times of uncertainty, she said.

ASIC takes Statewide Super to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... forensic examination and developing a remediation plan. Statewide Super has actively sought to cooperate with ASIC at all times." "Statewide Super continues to progress its program of remediation, supported by external experts." The regulator is seeking ...

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... said the balance is a clear indicator of the resilience of the superannuation system. "However, as we've said countless times, our system is not perfect. High fees, persistently underperforming funds and too many duplicate accounts are a drag on ...

ASIC takes action against Rest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... member's 'choice of fund rights'. This representation was apparently made in writing on no less than 31,882 times to Determination Members. ASIC also alleges the fund led members to believe that if they were no longer employed by their Rest ...

Aged care RC unveils 148 recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... care services - home care, respite care and allied health care - is deemed problematic and lengthy. In 2018-19, the waiting times from being assessed as eligible for a Home Care Package to qualifying ranged from seven months (Level 1 package) to 34 months ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... small companies such as those found in the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries," Neiron said. "The international opportunity is 20 times bigger with approximately 4000 listed international small companies making up the benchmark, MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap ...

ASIC drags CommSec to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... duration of the breaches ASIC is seeking a civil penalty. CommSec has appeared before the Markets Disciplinary Panel seven times since 2012, receiving fines total more than $1 million. Both CommSec and AUSIEX are fully owned by the Commonwealth Bank ...

Industry fund ups life insurance premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... the activities of daily living (ADL) definition. The fund acknowledged that the ADL test has come under scrutiny in recent times by both regulators, consumer groups and the wider financial services industry. "ADL TPD definitions are often very restrictive ...