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Jablko exits ANZ

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
ANZ's chief financial officer has left the financial services industry to join toll-road operator Transurban. Michelle Jablko held the role of chief financial officer at ANZ for over four years and was appointed director of ANZ New Zealand Limited ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The industry superannuation fund with the highest percentage of women membership has been called out for not prioritising board diversity initiatives in the companies it invests in. Rest, with 1.8 million members of which 60% are women, was grilled ...

ATO backs SMSFs as strong retirement choice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... 2020 comes to a close I am sure many would agree this year has been like no other we have experienced, both in terms of personal impacts and impacts on superannuation," Micale said. "In mid-March as the effects of COVID-19 became apparent, here at the ...

Technology a tool not a threat: Avaloq

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... challenges, with the back and middle office functions supporting front office staff in the delivery of a better, more personal and flexible client service in which human advisory will continue to shine," Avaloq group chief product officer Martin Greweldinger ...

Super leaves gig economy behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... make contributions, they are minimal when compared to the super guarantee that minimum wage workers enjoy. The average personal contribution by a gig economy worker was found to be between $500-$900 per annum, while a minimum wage employee would accumulate ...

ASIC takes action on Union Standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... March 10), in the Federal Court. ASIC alleges Union Standard breached a number of regulations. Among them were providing personal advice without a licence and making false or misleading claims about the level of risk undertaken and the profits which ...

Personal finance app retires Australian business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
A personal finance management app provider has been hit by several forces such as COVID-19, forcing it out of the Australian market. Moneytree will discontinue services in Australia from 15 January 2021. Moneytree LINK, a financial data platform for ...

IPO Wealth trustee hit with class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
Slater and Gordon issued the embattled IPO Wealth Fund with a class action late last week. The firm will represent unitholders in the IPO Wealth Fund, which is currently being wound up by trustee Vasco Trustees after the Victorian Supreme Court ordered ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... perceive as a gesture of goodwill (eg telling an older gentleman that he has toilet paper stuck to his shoe) could cause him personal embarrassment, leading to loss of face. In some instances, less damage will be done by letting him trail that toilet ...

Clive Palmer ramps up calls for Shipton's head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... state and national newspapers with the copy: "Shifty Shipton gets $855,364 p.a. yet expects you to pay $118,000 for his personal tax advice!" It is just the latest in a string of calls from Palmer for Shipton to resign completely following the revelations ...