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Super funds told to report asset valuations more frequently

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
APRA has released updated guidance on investment governance for superannuation trustees. The update, which comes into effect in January of next year, is designed to assist trustees in meeting their requirements under the recently strengthened Prudential ...

Tomorrow's clients are going to be different: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
Addressing the crowd at BlackRock's flagship iShares ETF event in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock director, US wealth advisory equity pillar Katie Fischer shared learnings from her adviser clients across the globe on how to add value in ways that drive ...

Former van Eyk Research chief sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... alleged that Thomas deliberately concealed details of the deal to appear as though there was no conflict of interest. The conduct took place over three weeks in January and February 2014, just weeks before van Eyk crumbled. The firm was forced to suspend ...

ANZ to pay $42m in insurance lawsuit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... their policy was compulsory or provided value to them. The action also alleged that ANZ engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct concerning the sale of the policies to customers, and engaged in unconscionable conduct concerning the sale and issue of ...

ASIC bans married duo from providing financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... then failed to refund the money to the deceased's estate when requested to do so. ASIC concluded that Richard Marshall's conduct demonstrated that he wasn't a fit and proper person to provide financial services. The ban prevents the couple from providing ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
Super funds and other shareholders could be in a position for a second time this year to approve a proposal to privatise an electricity provider, as Brookfield and MidOcean Energy bid to take over Origin Energy. Brookfield and MidOcean, an LNG company ...

Former Courtenay House director pleads guilty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... pleaded guilty to five criminal charges, regarding the operation of the scheme, and four offences of engaging in dishonest conduct between December 2010 and April 2017. The Bondi-based companies, Courtenay House Trading Group Pty Ltd and Courtenay House ...

ASIC probes super fund, investment manager greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... into the wealth management industry. When issued, ASIC flagged it would take enforcement action in cases of "egregious conduct."

Another ban for Sirius Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... acted unconscionably and breached its Australian financial services licence obligations when it failed to address the conduct of Toyga Media (Toyga), an off-shore call centre it hired to source clients to trade in its high-risk contracts-for-difference ...

Hejaz receives RIAA fund certifications

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
Hejaz Financial Services received certification from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) on four of its funds. The funds include Hejaz Global Ethical Fund, Hejaz Equities Fund, the Hejaz Property Fund and the Hejaz Income Fund. ...