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QIC backs Virescent Ventures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... centre. QIC sold Westpoint to Haben and US investment manager Hines, both of which will take a half stake. Financial Standard understands the final sale price was $900 million.

Betashares Direct slashes brokerage fees on ASX 300

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... and new functionality, previously not available in the Australian market. "We are focused on innovating and setting the standard in our market, building Betashares to be unlike any other financial services firm in Australia. "We are driven to help Australians ...

Lack of action on menopause driving gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
One in three women are financially worse off due to menopause and it's adversely impacting their retirement prospects, according to fresh data from MetLife. MetLife surveyed 1058 women and non-binary individuals aged between 35 and 64 experiencing perimenopause ...

Admin and compliance taking up 56% of advice practice costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... the top-down technology solutions and bottom-up practitioner challenges. The 'fracture' stems from a lack of standard data and system integration at the base of our industry," Green said. "We recognise the challenge lies not with the incumbent ...

ASIC escalates super fund enforcement in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
ASIC warned it will turn up the heat on superannuation funds by adding new enforcement priorities and flagging that it will hold directors on trustee boards to the same standards as those in big companies. While the corporate regulator heightened its ...

Super lobbies call for death benefit reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... the system has fallen short of expectations. "Super is Australians money for retirement and they deserve the highest standard of service. That has been made clear by regulators," Schubert said. "Where standards have fallen short, that is not acceptable. ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... contract, but under a disguise, so that you're avoiding tax and employer labour laws and so forth," she told Financial Standard. Cornelissen has seen instances of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) pursuing businesses involved in offshoring on ...

UK to follow Australia's lead in creating megafunds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
In what's considered the most significant reforms to the UK retirement sector in decades, the defined contribution schemes of 86 administering authorities will be consolidated and their assets pooled to create megafunds. The UK government plans to introduce ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... impacted, 4366 of which took more than 12 months to be resolved and only 830 were resolved within 90 days. Financial Standard understands that around 7500 member claims have been impacted by the days in processing since September 2022 through to this ...

ASIC sues Cbus over insurance claim delays: 'We're sorry'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... alleging members were impacted by delays to death and TPD claims processing, some waiting more than 90 days. Financial Standard understands that about 7500 member claims have been impacted by the delays in claims processing since September 2022 through ...