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Why do we need royal commissions, Hayne asks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... development of policy. They are issues about public debate about policy. They are issues about public accountability when the legal system has not been engaged or has not been engaged effectively for the vindication of the law and those who have suffered ...

VGI Partners readies $1bn Asian fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... decline in price. VGI Partners executive chair Robert Luciano said VG8 will only invest countries with a robust and reliable legal system, strong corporate governance and developed capital markets. "In practice this means that, for several years at least ...

Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... priests in India to perform religious ceremonies to ward off federal investigators, purchase astrological gems, pay personal legal expenses and undergo cosmetic procedures. To induce investors, Bennett lied about the risks of investing in her company ...

IOOF rejigs CRO role, appoints successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... against IOOF, seeking to impose licence conditions and disqualify several executives, one of which is general manager of legal, risk and compliance, Paul Vine. Noble's risk and compliance experience across financial services and wealth management ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... Measures No. 1) Bill 2019 in Parliament on July 24. One of the proposals aims to protect superannuation balances by closing a legal loophole that stops employers using salary sacrificed contributions to reduce their superannuation guarantee obligations. ...

Super fund hires strategy lead from MLC Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... former was to be responsible for fund strategy, product and marketing, while the latter will oversee risk and governance, legal and finance. The fund changed the chief commercial officer role's title to chief strategy and marketing officer with today's ...

Managed investment scheme operator AFSL canned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... a community expectation that responsible entities will fully comply with best interest duty and ASIC is prepared to take legal action wherever necessary to enforce that.

Super smashes best-performing salaries list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... design, saw a 38% pay rise and currently earn $103,321 per annum on average. Of the 350 role types on SEEK analysed, the legal industry took the biggest hit. Legal generalists working in law firms experienced the largest salary fall of 21% to $82,044. ...

Bristol Street adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... that such bans come about as a result of advisers failing to consider the best interests of all clients. "Advisers have a legal obligation to act in the best interests of their clients at all times and, because client circumstances often vary considerably ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... for its eight million members, in light of stricter worldwide regulation against tobacco products, increasingly aggressive legal action by governments against the tobacco industry and falling global smoking rates. Nest already has a tobacco-free policy ...