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Link revises financial reports after ASIC review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
Link Group amended its FY23 financial report that was released in August, following an ASIC review that identified potential "material misstatements." ASIC pinpointed discrepancies in the recorded value of Link's Fund Solutions business assets and provisions ...

Licensees flout breach reporting regime: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
ASIC warned it is taking tougher action on licensees as they fail to comply with the reportable situations regime two years on. Of the 16,836 reports ASIC received from financial services and credit licensees in the year to June 2023, 17% took over ...

MLC Life names operations, people chiefs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
MLC Life Insurance made two executive appointments who will each lead the operations and human resources departments. Jane Murray has been named chief operating officer after serving as chief operating and people officer for the last nine months. Murray ...

Willis Towers Watson sheds more corporate super plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Having already offloaded some corporate plans earlier this year, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has now dumped a further two - transferring one and terminating the other. Earlier this year, WTW transferred the Oracle Superannuation Plan to Australian Retirement ...

Financial services firms hit with criminal charges

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Two businesses tied to permanently banned Sydney director David Sutton have been charged in separate proceedings following an investigation by ASIC. APC Securities, previously known as McFaddens Securities, and Brava Capital, formerly Dayton Way Securities ...

Federal Court freezes assets of pension platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
ASIC has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the funds and assets of Brite Advisors (Brite), a specialist in moving private UK pension savings offshore. The global advisory, pension administration and asset management provider came ...

Local fund managers lag global peers: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
According to the Financial Services Council (FSC), Australia's funds management industry continues to see significant growth but is falling behind when it comes to attracting more capital from overseas investors under the new Corporate Collective ...

Magellan chief executive quits

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
After 17 months in the top job, David George has relinquished his positions as Magellan Financial Group chief executive and managing director, effective immediately. Magellan's board said it is the right moment to redirect their leadership and thanked ...

Pepper Money launches SMSF loan offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Pepper Money has introduced a new offering, providing loans to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to purchase or refinance residential and commercial properties. With lending options up to $3 million, the 'super smart' loans are designed for ...

Three actively managed funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
Three actively managed Australian share funds from BlackRock, Yarra Capital Management, and Platypus Asset Management have shuttered in recent weeks. The Platypus Systematic Growth Fund, which invests in up to 110 local equities, is shuttering after ...