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Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has recommended greater disclosure obligations for institutional investors and proxy advisors and for the ACCC to actively monitor common ownership in Australia - all the while sharing little ...

ASIC opens CCIV licensing consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
ASIC is seeking feedback on licensing rules for the Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles regime ahead of its July implementation date. The consultation includes examining the licensing application process - AFSLs wanting to apply and operate a CCIV ...

Frontier appoints head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
A new strategy lead has joined Frontier to help the asset consultant capitalise on its recent growth trajectory. The firm announced that Megan Mulia will become the head of strategy from April 19, overseeing corporate strategy, business planning and ...

NEOS hires operations chief, launches new product

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
NEOS has named a new operations chief who hails from Westpac and BT, and announced it partnered with a major life insurer to launch a new product. Adam Lister is the new chief operations officer, joining from Westpac in February. Lister was Westpac's ...

ASIC sets adviser exam dates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
ASIC has set the final three sitting dates for the financial adviser exam in 2022. Following the first round of exams that took place in February, ASIC announced new sitting dates yesterday. Enrolments for the May sitting open on April 4 and close on ...

Super Fierce targets gender wealth gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
The scalable advice platform aimed at addressing the gender wealth gap has officially launched this International Women's Day, with narrowing the superannuation its primary focus. The Super Fierce platform primarily compares superannuation products ...

AIA appoints risk, transformation roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
AIA Australia made two executive appointments as it embarks on a transformation initiative. Gerry Schipper was promoted to chief risk officer, having been with AIA since 2010 when he joined as the head of group internal audit. Prior to AIA, Schipper ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
AGL Energy has rejected another takeover bid 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 ...

WealthO2 hires five to focus on tech solutions

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
The hires were across the firm's distribution, risk, compliance, and development teams. Joining from BT Financial Group, Justin Ahrens has been appointed as head of risk management, alongside Kay Hurst from Westpac as program delivery manager and ...

ASIC consults on FSCP sittings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
ASIC is seeking feedback on how and when the Financial Services and Credit Panel should convene when addressing financial adviser misconduct. Under the newly released Consultation Paper 359 Update to RG 263 Financial Services and Credit Panel, the corporate ...