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Mayfair 101 in damage control

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... Mawhinney may attempt to flee the country and at Vasco Trustees over its handling of the IPO Wealth Fund. ASIC asked the Federal Court last week to freeze some Mayfair 101 assets and expressed concerns Mawhinney may be a flight risk. These details emerged ...

ASIC winds up illegal land banking scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
The Federal Court has made orders to wind up an investment group which swindled 270 investors of more than $10 million in an illegal unregistered land banking scheme. ASIC will wind up Askk Investment Group following an extensive investigation. The ...

CEFC makes first foray into industrial investments

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... make use of the latest in sustainable design and materials, potentially driving uptake of materials identified in the Federal Government's Technology Investment Roadmap such as green steel, aluminium and cement, and delivering long term benefits to Australia's ...

ASFA sets out productivity plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... "Greater policy stability could be achieved by linking significant policy changes in superannuation to the publication of the Federal Government's five yearly Intergeneration Report," Fahy said. ASFA added that it has engaged with the Treasury and government ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... Loane said the industry body's recommendations would help drive Australia's long-term economic recovery. "As Australia's federal and state governments meet as the National Cabinet to develop a new economic agenda to get Australia back to work, other ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
The Australian Federal Police have charged three people with allegedly submitting false claims to gain early access to superannuation under the new COVID-19 measures. AFP Taskforce Iris has charged seven people in total with submitting false early release ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... relief package. Trump authorized states to pay $400 per week in additional benefits with 75% of the funding coming from the federal government and 25% from states. He also suspended payroll tax collection and extended the federal eviction moratorium ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Then again, for those who forgot, the JobKeeper programme's blowout to A$102.2 billion is still less than what the Federal Treasury allotted to its war against the coronavirus pandemic, which was originally estimated at A$130 billion. The government ...

CalPERS chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Standard at the time, CalPERS chief executive Marcie Frost defended Meng, and said the fund invested in line with the Federal Office of Foreign Asset Control's list of prohibited companies. "The California Public Employees' Retirement System ...

OneVue to take Taiping to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... receivers for SCAH1 have instructed their lawyers at Arnold Bloch Leibler to commence proceedings against Taiping in the Federal Court. They will seek clarity that Diversa (not Taiping) holds a first ranking security over Madison proceeds, and Taiping ...