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Trustees lack death benefit claims uplift urgency: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
Two years since ASIC cracked the whip on superannuation funds to improve death benefit claims handling practices, a follow-up review found very little to no improvements have been made. ASIC's review of 45 trustees found varying degrees of urgency ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
While financial services organisations may be comfortable with taking risks, certainly when it comes to investing, there are other types of risks they're not so familiar with. It may be 2025, but we continue to consistently see examples of organisations ...

ASIC issues warning over BTG Technology

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
ASIC has warned Australian investors against investing in unlicensed cryptocurrency futures products offered by BTG Technology Holdings Limited and its related entities (Bitget). ASIC said Bitget does not hold an AFSL, meaning it is not permitted to ...

New Forests buys into Burapha

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
New Forests has acquired a majority interest in Burapha Agro-Forestry, a timber plantation forestry company in Laos. New Forests' Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) together with Mirova's sustainable land use strategy have invested in Burapha ...

Adam Willis joins DWS distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
DWS has hired Adam Willis as a senior client coverage specialist in its client coverage division across the Australian and New Zealand markets. Willis is Sydney-based and reports to DWS head of client Coverage Division Australia and New Zealand Lidia ...

DWS chief resigns amid greenwashing claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
The chief executive of DWS Group is leaving the group next week, having resigned citing the ongoing allegations of greenwashing by the investment giant. DWS announced overnight that Asoka Woehrmann has decided to resign following the company's annual ...

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided over greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
The offices of DWS and Deutsche Bank have been raided by German police as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of extensive greenwashing. The investigation by the German regulator, BaFin, aligns to that of the US Securities and Exchange ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
In its latest commodity markets outlook, the World Bank has warned prices will likely remain high through to the end of 2024 and the transition to cleaner energy may be delayed. It comes as latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the largest ...

Investa names chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Investa Property Group has promoted its chief investment officer to lead the company following the resignation of Jonathan Callaghan. Peter Menegazzo rejoined Investa in 2007 having worked for the firm from 2002 to 2004. He was previously the fund manager ...

Willis Towers Watson director departs for LIC

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... comes after shareholders of embattled Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund (previously listed on the ASX under the ticker code BAF) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the investment company joining the WAM stable in early September. WAM Alternative Assets ...
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