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Perpetual director joins ING board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... Ethane. Prior to her directorship duties, Fox was the managing director of ABN AMRO Australia and Ambac Assurance Corporation. ING Australia also recently recruited Cathy Duncan as its new head of wealth in March. Duncan joined from Suncorp, where she ...

Unlicensed SMSF advice not systemic: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
ASIC has completed its review of unlicensed SMSF advice from accountants. The regulator found that there were no systemic concerns around the provision of unlicensed SMSF advice, but did note that the accountants reviewed had significant levels of inaccurate ...

Global investment firm to restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... management will undergo a corporate restructure. Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR) will convert from a partnership to a corporation on July 1, in a move which is designed to attract new investors. Commenting on the board's unanimous approval of the transformation ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
ASIC is sifting through statements made by Initial Coin Offering (ICO) issuers to identify material that could mislead or deceive investors, and has already identified non-compliant offers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is sending ...

Retirement income expert joins SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... more than three decades. In the early 1990s, he was a partner at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst) for 11 years working in corporation, and mergers and acquisition law. In July 2004 he joined ASIC serving as deputy chair for the next five years. He chaired ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
There's an investment management view that too little is being spent globally on asset owner stewardship. An expert in the area says the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability from the viewpoint that it's ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
IMF Bentham is the latest firm to finance proposed class action proceedings against AMP in light of evidence at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The litigation funding group said it ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... They make, or participate in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a substantial part, of the business of the corporation; or They exercise the capacity to affect significantly the corporation's financial standing; or They communicate instructions ...

Dover roasted for 'Orwellian' protection policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Royal Commission scrutinised Dover Financial Advisers' former client protection policy, demonstrating its essential purpose to be to exonerate the licensee of any liability in the event of misconduct by authorised representatives. Counsel Assisting ...

Royal Commission invite refused by Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Dover Financial Advisers was revealed as the only large scale financial advice licensee to decline the Royal Commission's request for assistance in identifying instances of misconduct. Appearing before the Commission yesterday, Dover owner Terry McMaster ...