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Federal Court approves BT Super $30m settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
The Federal Court approved the $29.95 million class action settlement against Westpac after subsidiaries BT Funds Management (BTFM) and Westpac Life Insurance Services (WLIS) allegedly failed to manage conflicts of interest when investing BT Super member ...

SMSF Association blasts 'highly questionable' ASFA research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... using personal tax return data to extrapolate the number of farming properties that which may be impacted by this proposed law is not valid," Burgess said. "ATO income tax return data has limited application for substantive data analysis due to the way ...

ANZ fined $900k over shares disclosure failure

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
The Federal Court has slapped ANZ with a $900,000 fine for breaching its continuous disclosure laws about eight years ago. In October, the court found the banking giant had contravened continuous disclosure laws by failing to tell the market its underwriters ...

CSLR chief executive named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... Berry is currently chief executive at charity Way Forward Debt Solutions, and a non-executive director at the Consumer Action Law Centre. He has also previously held role at Advantedge Financial Services, NAB, and ANZ. "Berry brings extensive experience ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
To better serve high-net-worth (HNW) clients, financial advisers require a broader range of specialist expertise to meet their complex needs, according to HUB24. HUB24's latest whitepaper, Directing the matrix: meeting the needs of high-net-worth clients ...

Payday super protects most vulnerable: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
New modelling by the Super Members Council (SMC) reveals payday super could add up to $36,000 to the retirement balance of workers in the lowest 20% of wage earners. A recent SMC analysis of an Australian Taxation Office sample file has found that on ...

E&P chief exits early

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
E&P Financial Group has exited its chief executive Peter Anderson one month earlier than flagged. The ASX-listed wealth firm announced that its board "determined to bring forward the succession by one month to today's date [December 1], marking the ...

ASIC confirms adviser registration deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... relevant financial products, and the AFSLs that authorised the relevant provider at the relevant time, will be breaking the law, ASIC said. "It is crucial that AFS licensees and Relevant Providers understand their obligations in relation to relevant ...

AIMCo, New Agriculture buy Kimberley Cattle Portfolio

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) and New Agriculture are set to jointly acquire the Kimberley Cattle Portfolio for an undisclosed sum. The Kimberley Cattle Portfolio (Yougawalla Pastoral Co and Argyle Cattle Co) is a large-scale cattle ...

British banker to become RBA deputy governor

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has selected Bank of England (BoE) executive Andrew Hauser as its new deputy governor and as a member of the Reserve Bank board. Hauser is set to begin his five-year term in January, bringing with him over three decades ...