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Trustee firm expands into fund administration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... registry - all the way up to APIs that can transform the member experience." The move follows news last week ASIC commenced legal action against Sargon's Tidswell Financial Services as trustee of MobiSuper.

NAB faces half a billion in fines

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... Federal Court admitting to 255 of the 295 breaches of the Consumer Credit Protection Act alleged by ASIC. ASIC launched legal action against the bank back in August this year alleging it broke credit laws in relation to 297 loans written after referrals ...

Link Group enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... opportunities aligned with our service strengths, with a pathway to future growth," McMurtrie said. Link will join the likes of Legal & General and J.P. Morgan which are amongst those also invested in Smart Pensions. Smart Pensions chief executive Andrew ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
Rest, the $57 billion industry fund, continues to battle a legal fight brought by one of its members that could have consequences for the entire superannuation industry. Rest will be in court again on November 15 for a case management hearing. In July ...

What finance professionals are really paid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... professionals in Australia can expect to be paid, including distribution leads and investment directors. According to the report, legal, risk and compliance professionals will be in high demand next year, particularly among private equity and global ...

Former Apogee, GPS Wealth advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... objectives." ASIC will continue to take action where advisers are found to be breaking the law, Press added. "Advisers have a legal obligation to prioritise their clients' interests and to comply with the best interests duty when providing personal advice," ...

Vanguard swoops on superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... said Vanguard will apply to APRA to get a responsible superannuation entity licence. But there is a lot of regulatory and legal work to go through before it files its application. "One thing to add is that will definitely be looking to work with advisers... ...

ASIC calls out accountants

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission said it does not believe accountants provide "more compliant or better financial advice" than financial advisers. In its submission to the Review of the Tax Practitioners Board released by Treasury ...

Chi-X forced to be client of competition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... competition between/among infrastructures." "Competition between trading platforms, e.g., between ASX and Chi-X, necessitates a legal and regulatory framework that supports and ensures a level playing field." Aikins and Somes explained Chi-X is in the ...

ASIC called out over super fund disclosures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... deadline for super trustees to disclose their portfolio holdings for 12 months. ASIC said it amended the order to provide "legal certainty" about the first reporting day, given that the regulations setting out the required disclosures have not yet been ...