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Advisers must unite for major reforms: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... breadth of associations coming together to provide a unified voice on the first tranche of the reforms," she told Financial Standard. "I think it's a meaningful and important approach to take to this change, because it means that we can be a unified ...

J.P. Morgan hit with $775k penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited (JPMSAL) has been hit with a $775,000 fine by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The MDP found JPMSAL permitted suspicious ...

Litigation funder disputes AMP BOLR settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... on behalf of applicants. The settlement approval hearing is set to commence on August 29. In a statement to Financial Standard, an AMP spokesperson said: "AMP Financial Planning is ready to pay the class action's agreed settlement sum to Corrs in accordance ...

ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... stay away from referral arrangements made with cold-calling businesses using such tactics. ASIC confirmed to Financial Standard that it identified a small subset of advisers and licensees who have referral arrangements with cold-callers who use high-pressure ...

Fidelity to roll out more active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... number of its managed funds to enable listing of a class of units on either the ASX or Cboe. In a statement to Financial Standard, Fidelity International Australia managing director Lawrence Hanson confirmed it is looking to launch several strategies ...

UniSuper battles major system outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... said the issue originated from a third-party provider and is not the result of a breach. In a statement to Financial Standard, UniSuper confirmed the third-party provider is Google Cloud. "Google Cloud has confirmed that the disruption is an isolated ...

Mercer rolls out new corporate super plan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... plan for employers of all sizes called Mercer Business Super. Mercer Super chief executive Tim Barber told Financial Standard that historically, Mercer Super Trust's "bread and butter" has been serving large corporates with sometimes complex, bespoke ...

Rainmaker Information names research head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... industry. "I'm also looking forward to leveraging the global capability of ISS Market Intelligence." Note: Financial Standard, like Rainmaker Information, is owned by ISS STOXX.

Australian Retirement Trust applies new investment exclusion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... 10% or more of their total revenues from mining thermal coal or the sale of it to third parties. Speaking to Financial Standard, ART said the super fund was committed to achieving a net zero greenhouse gas emissions investment portfolio by 2050. "Australian ...

Vanguard Super lowers fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Vanguard Super is reducing its annual administration fees off the back of strong investment performance and its short time in the market. All members will see annual administration fee go from 0.35% to 0.33% per year and the admin fee cap lower from ...