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Former Westpac chief executive in new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Former Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has joined an investment advisory founded last year. In his new role, he is working as a senior adviser to Melbourne-based Sayers which launched last year. "We're assembling a team of the brightest minds ...

AZ NGA acquires two advice practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... advisory businesses. "The addition of Blue Harbour Financial Partners and Henderson Matusch Group broadens the capability inside AZ NGA and expands our capacity for long-term growth," he said. "We have built a strong presence in New South Wales and Victoria ...

Westpac to face court over insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... its kind to be executed in one tranche in Australian financial market history. It is alleged Westpac knew this by way of inside information and, when the market opened at 8.30am, Westpac's traders acquired and dumped interest rate derivatives to ...

Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
The architect of the largest Ponzi scheme in US history has died in prison aged 82. Bernie Madoff had been serving his sentence at FMC Butner, an administrative security federal medical centre for male offenders located in North Carolina, at the time ...

ClearView adds advice growth role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... compliance and run more efficient practices." Mantineo added that the ongoing regulatory change and remediation programs inside institutions is leading advisers to review the suitability and viability of their licensing arrangements. "There is a lot ...

Increase to super contribution cap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... digital economy Jane Hume said. Concessional contributions are made to super funds before tax and taxed at a rate of 15% inside super funds. The cap for non-concessional contributions, which are made to super funds after tax has been paid, will also ...

Insider trading four times more common

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
New research estimates that the actual prevalence of illegal insider trading is much higher than regulators think, at least four times greater than the number of prosecutions. The research was conducted by Vinay Patel and Talis Putnins from the University ...

Insider trading forum busted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has busted an internet forum where people were selling "insider tips" on listed companies. California man James Roland Jones was charged with perpetuating a fraudulent scheme to sell what he claimed were ...

Synchron demands clarity from insurers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... policies to be corrected. "Our understanding is that lapsed policies, policies that change ownership - for example from inside to outside super and the other way round, a change from level to stepped premiums and even simple typo corrections to a policy ...

Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
"Do you believe in life after love? I can feel something inside me say I really don't think you're strong enough now..." What's the point of increased transparency and forward guidance in financial markets - the bond market, in this case ...