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MLC to face court over insurance failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
ASIC is suing MLC over insurance failures spanning more than 20 years. The regulator commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court for insurance policy and service failures that occurred between 1999 and 2020. The action is against MLC Limited ...

Mawhinney lawyer accuses ASIC of trial by media

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
Embattled Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney's lawyer has accused ASIC of conducting a trial by media. Roberts Gray Lawyers, representing Mawhinney, accused the regulator of issuing a media release announcing contempt proceedings against Mawhinney ...

AMP in enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
AMP has entered a court enforceable undertaking with APRA over historical matters related to its superannuation business. The CEU follows more than two years of investigation by APRA and relates to trustees AMP Superannuation Limited and N.M. Superannuation ...

ASIC files contempt application against Mawhinney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
ASIC filed a contempt application in the Federal Court against James Mawhinney, the founder of Mayfair 101. The contempt order is in relation to allegations that Mawhinney has continued to raise funds through financial products, even though ASIC banned ...

Active Super adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The $14 billion industry superannuation fund will welcome a new board director next month, appointed to a four-year term. Liverpool City Council's Nathan Hagarty will join Active Super's board on December 5 as an employer-nominated director. ...

Government advances adviser levy drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The federal government is forging ahead with slashing the financial adviser levy by more than a third for those that provide retail advice. Corporate watchdog ASIC today updated its 2020-21 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement, which lays out how ...

TelstraSuper releases retirement income solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
TelstraSuper has launched its version of a retirement income product that has a flexible cash allocation feature. The new Lifestyle investment options aim to generate consistent income and tax efficiencies, grow and preserve capital, and manage retirement-specific ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... wouldn't rise until at least 2024. November was different. Bond yields dropped and equity markets rose after the RBA, the Fed and Bank of England (BOE) met. There were lotsa lotsa headlines devoted at dissecting the RBA's November 2 decision ...

PM Capital forges ahead with LIC merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
PM Capital is urging shareholders to allow its PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund (PGF) to take over the PM Capital Asian Opportunities Fund (PAF). This follows a Federal Court order that states PAF should convene and hold a meeting with its shareholders ...

ASIC bans adviser over Linchpin, Endeavour fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
The corporate regulator banned a Queensland-based financial adviser for three years after recommending clients into the Investport Income Opportunity Fund. Keith Robert McDermott was an authorised representative of The FinancialLink Group and has been ...