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Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Last week, the federal government announced exemptions for the insurance industry in relation to Royal Commission reforms. According to the Consumer Action Law Centre, these exemptions allow the insurance industry to side-step the Royal Commission recommendations ...

Dixon Advisory to pay $8.2m to settle ASIC action

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
ASIC will drop its September 4 Federal Court case against Evans & Dixon's financial advice arm for $8.2 million and declaration of 53 contraventions. Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services (DASS) will pay $7.2 million in penalty and $1 million ...

SG Hiscock introduces medical tech fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... significant government spending to support the industry," he said, noting the patent box tax break announced in the recent federal budget. The fund is particularly attractive to impact investors, Hunter added. "Through its investments in Australian medical ...

HESTA nabs Hostplus executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... cultural materials without any consultation with traditional owners. The revelations came to light in a submission to the federal enquiry into the destruction of Juukan Gorge.

AMP board adds former banking chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... ASX-listed investment company AMCIL and private health insurer GMHBA. In the public sector, Hirst was a commissioner on the federal government's National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board and a member of the Financial Sector Advisory Council. He ...

Industry split on paid vaccine leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... front-facing customer roles and vaccination is not mandated, it will not provide paid leave unless directed by state and/or federal governments to do so. However, many of those that the FSU said declined made additional leave available to staff in the ...

ME Bank acquisition receives green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The federal government has approved the Bank of Queensland's acquisition of ME Bank, which was formerly owned by industry superannuation funds. ME Bank will officially become part of the BOQ group. The two firms said they will continue to operate ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... nail to make National Australia Bank pay a hefty penalty for charging customers fees in return for no service. In the Federal Court this morning, ASIC representative Christopher Archibald QC recalled the bank's "prolonged under-investment" in its ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... Australia's "jobs full" recovery brings with it that horrible thought that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and/or the federal government withdrawing their policy largesse. Que horror! Monetary and fiscal accommodation no more! We all wish and ...

AAT dismisses adviser ban appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... 9, Hutchison failed to appear at an AAT directions hearing dealing with the review application after remittal from the Federal Court. The AAT dismissed the matter for non-appearance. Between January 2011 and November 2012, ASIC found Hutchison misled ...