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Super fund adds first operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... promoted to the new role in what marks her fifth year at Vision Super. Prior to joining the fund in 2015, Robertson was an associate director at Deloitte. She has also previously held roles with EY, Mercer and Towers Perrin. Commenting on the thinking ...

Millions up in smoke in cannabis scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... industry to obtain millions of dollars from investors who thought they were buying into a profitable business," said SEC associate director Melissa Hodgman. "Instead, Griffithe and Russell deceived investors and used the money to enrich themselves." ...

The Income Store closed for business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... guaranteed return when the company's business model and financial condition could not possibly support it," said SEC associate director Antonia Chion. "To avoid further harm to investors and preserve the misused assets that have not already been ...

US private investment firm appoints first Aussie partner

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... Capital's private equity operations in Australia. Lawson joined Bain Capital Private Equity in 2016, formerly working as an associate at Advent International in New York. Lawson worked as a consultant at Bain and Company between Sydney and New York for ...

ASIC confirms SMSF negative returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that SMSF's below $200,000 have a negative return on assets. Providing the most recent data from the ATO, ASIC answered the question ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
With the bushfire inferno still raging, Australia needs all the good news it could get... and it's arrived. The All Ordinaries index surged by 0.7% to a new record high of 7041.9 points and the Australian dollar appreciated by 0.6% to US$0.6901 ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
The global economy is toeing a fine line between economic growth and recession, with a number of threats poised to disrupt the already tepid global rally. That's according to the latest report from the World Bank on the global economic outlook for 2020 ...

What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The past year has served as the beginning of the superannuation industry's transformation. Yes, recent years have seen nothing but reform after reform, but 2019 has been something different entirely. The Productivity Commission and Royal Commission ...

Westpac to pay $9.5m for Corps Act breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
Westpac has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay $9.15 million over poor financial advice provided by just one former adviser. The court case relates to poor financial advice provided by Sudhir Sinha which breached the best interest ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... performance metrics, such as compliance ratings and client retention. The report also revealed the benchmark salaries for associate advisers, paraplanners and client service officers. 3. Major advice licensee in possible best interest breach SMSF Advisers ...