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Half of super funds to close in coming decade: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... while complying with regulation," Dunn said. "We also expect mergers between multiple platforms within the same financial services group. There will be pressure to close sub-scale platforms where it is difficult to invest in the technology upgrades needed ...

Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... federal government is launching an initiative to provide transparency and better coordination in how it regulates financial services firms to alleviate their compliance costs and burdens. The Financial Sector Initiatives Regulatory Grid wants to give ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... said. Colonial First State, Insignia Financial, TelstraSuper, and UniSuper also welcomed the move, as did the Financial Services Council. However, many did flag there's still more that can and should be done. ASFA, Super Members Council and HESTA ...

Bragg calls for another Financial System Inquiry, critiques ASIC, APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... "structural problems" in the twin peaks of financial sector regulation, ASIC and APRA. In his speech to the Financial Services Council (FSC), Bragg argued that "clear deficiencies" in the current regulatory framework necessitate another FSI, with the ...

Bragg outraged over super fund payments to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... workers," Bragg said. While seeing no problem with supporting a union or employer group, Bragg insisted on a stringent financial rationale that aligns with members' best interests. "...some of the smallest funds are making the biggest payments for ...

Calls for paid menopause leave gather momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... survey on the impact of menopause and menstruation on finance workers. The survey is open to all workers in financial services, regardless of whether they're a member of the union. Based on similar surveys conducted in the UK, the aim is to better ...

Link shakes up board, names super industry veteran

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... Aware Super) for almost a decade and ASSET Super from 1993 to 2010. Lennon is currently a director of Aware Financial Services, the Sydney Financial Forum, McKell Institute, and the Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA) ...

Fiducian eyes IFAs, South Australia for inflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Fiducian is betting on the independent financial adviser (IFA) market and its South Australian presence to bolster its inflows as it sets an ambitious plan to exceed its performance reported in the 2023 financial year. The ASX-listed group's latest ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... billion bad advice remediation bill represented a small fraction of its whopping $10.2 billion profit, the full-year financial results show. The total customer remediation amounted to a huge $2.6 billion in the 2023 financial year, of which the lion's ...

IFM Investors names chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... minister for finance and deregulation from 2007 to 2010. He has extensive experience in corporate governance and advising financial and asset managers, including as a special advisor to Lazard Australia for over 10 years. Tanner is currently a director ...
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