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Regulatory

AFCA urges super trustees to improve processes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
This comes as superannuation scams claim $90,000 on average from members.

ASIC intends to extend legislative instruments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
ASIC is set to extend three legislative instruments for five years, one of which relates to record keeping for financial advisers.

UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
UK regulators have proposed rules for a new 'Value for Money' framework for default workplace defined contribution pension schemes, which has been likened to an "evolved version" of the APRA performance test.

Former wealth management chief ousted from financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
The founder and former chief executive of wealth management firm United Global Capital, Joel Hewish, has been slapped with a 10-year ban from providing financial services.

AFCA complaints surge in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received a record number of complaints in the 2024 financial year, jumping 9% to more than 105,000.

Court rejects former fund manager's appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
A former fund manager who went to jail for misappropriating client funds had an appeal quashed.

ASIC proposes cash equity clearing and settlement rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
ASIC has released a consultation paper on proposed rules to facilitate competitive outcomes in cash equity clearing and settlement (CS) services provided by the ASX Group.

IPO conversations 'sparking interest': Barrenjoey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Barrenjoey Capital Markets co-executive chair Guy Fowler says the firm has had more conversations about IPOs in the last two months than in the previous three years, indicative of "sparked interest," at a briefing on the future of Australian capital ...

WAM calls to save in-person AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
This comes after WAM had a court win against Keybridge Capital over hosting a virtual AGM in 2022.

Treasury releases M&A draft reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
Treasury has released an exposure draft for the government's planned overhaul of mergers and acquisitions in Australia.