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UniSuper wins in court judgement on board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
The Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday decided in favour of the $83 billion industry fund after a union asked the court to decide on its rights in nominating a director for the UniSuper board. The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) on September ...

Longstanding CDPQ executive resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec has announced the resignation of Macky Tall, its head of real assets and private equity and the lead of its infrastructure business. Tall has resigned from all his positions at the pension fund, having been named ...

PPS Mutual transforms underwriting process

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Mutual life insurer PPS Mutual has removed several assessments to its medical and financial underwriting requirements to speed up the application process and benefit members. The mutual insurer has removed the "quick check medical requirement" for prospective ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." Although already debunked as incorrect by Sinologists, this quotation attributed to John F. Kennedy regained ...

RIR reveals bleak financial upside for disabled people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The Retirement Income Review has revealed disabled people are less likely to be in financial stress and poverty when retiring on the age pension alone than in their working lives - demonstrating the struggle a lot of disabled people have making ends ...

Council of Financial Regulators monitors ASX, cybersecurity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australia's financial regulators are keeping a watchful eye on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after its operational outage recently and have endorsed a plan for cybersecurity. The Council of Financial Regulators, consisting of APRA, ASIC ...

NZ Super, Ontario Teachers' acquire healthcare provider

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
The sovereign wealth fund and Canadian pension fund have acquired New Zealand's largest provider of pathology services. NZ Super Fund and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have acquired a 50% stake each in Asia Pacific Healthcare Group (APHG). The transaction ...

Your Future, Your Super reforms closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The federal government has released its draft legislation for the Your Future, Your Super reforms, opening the industry consultation period until December 24. The package of reforms, which was unveiled in the 2020-21 budget, has four main components ...

FASEA reveals October exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
The majority of financial advisers who sat the most recent exam passed, according to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. FASEA has released the most recent exam statistics, which show 76% of advisers passed the October sitting. There ...

Exemptions to AFSLs explained by ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
The Australian Securities and Exchange Commission (ASIC) has provided guidance to trustees of unregistered managed investment schemes in relation to whether they require an Australian financial services licence. The regulator stressed that a trustee ...