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Super fund shuffles team, investment chief steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Super and Perpetual Equity Investment Company. Future Super has also bolstered its investment committee, appointing both Karen McLeod and Geraldine Barlow-Bolt. McLeod is a financial adviser specialising in ethical investments and is on the board of ...

Design, distribution obligations guide released

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... distribution conditions, and information related to review and monitoring. Following an extensive engagement, ASIC acting chair Karen Chester said the obligations require firms to set their own boundaries to suit their business, products and customers. ...

ASIC consults on consumer remediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... remediation schemes. "Putting money back in Australian consumers' hands has never been more important," ASIC acting chair Karen Chester said. "Ensuring that the processes for returning this money are efficient and fair is central to consumer confidence ...

Why has ASIC still not got a chief executive?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... ASIC senior staff including James Shipton resisted moving to a stronger internal governance structure, its acting chair Karen Chester has told the ASIC expenses enquiry. Liberal senator James Patterson, who is chairing the enquiry into ASIC expenses ...

Funds management in ASIC spotlight

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... management industry is officially underway between the corporate regulator and Deloitte Access Economics. ASIC acting chair Karen Chester said the review seeks to identify where "competition is effective, where it is not, and if not, why not". "There ...

Zurich joins reconciliation plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... local Australian opportunity with our global sustainable sourcing program." Chief executive of Reconciliation Australia Karen Mundine said since 2006 RAP's have provided a framework for organisations to leverage their structures and diverse spheres of ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester brought to light discrepancies in Daniel Crennan's resignation statement in front of a senate hearing, clarifying the dates that he found out about the issues that led to his resignation. Former deputy chair Crennan said ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... almost $70,000 in housing expenses, would have tallied a total remuneration of $681,549 for the year. Fellow deputy chair Karen Chester, who is not involved in the matter, was paid $51,000 less than Crennan. Remuneration for the ASIC deputy chair is ...

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... responsible lending laws saying it will cause harm to people and the economy. Financial Rights Legal Centre chief executive Karen Cox said that Australians have too much debt right now and not enough income. "The government's solution is to take on more ...

ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... entities in meeting their legal obligations to their investors, especially in times of market volatility," ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said. "Inappropriate labelling of a fund can mislead investors into believing that the fund is much safer or more ...