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Whistleblower protections under microscope

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... protections. The review is running parallel to a parliamentary inquiry on the whistleblower protections in the corporate, public and not-for-profit sectors. O'Dwyer said the review supports a 2016-17 Budget proposal to introduce new arrangements that ...

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The squashed Australian commodity sector is expected to receive salvation from President-elect Trump come the New Year. That is a key takeout of State Street Global Advisors' latest report, 'After a Year of Unthinkables', which highlights the opportunities ...

Financial services exposed to high cyber risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... three incident types accounted for 57% of all incidents reported. The correlation between ransomware, malware and phishing is not overly surprising given how malicious individuals often leverage these together in their criminal efforts." The high reporting ...

Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Centrepoint Alliance sold its Premium Funding business following a strategic review. The business has been sold to the Finance subsidiary of the Bank of Queensland for a total consideration of $20 million. BOQ said the business was appealing due to ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... rose from a low of 4.9% (2010) to a high of 5.3% a year later (wages growth started its trend decline in early 2012) which not surprisingly took their toll on consumer spending - annual retail sales growth slowed to just a bit over 1% from close to 7% ...

Super skimming adviser permanently banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... 2012 and April 2015 Banks contravened the Corporations Act by falsifying documents and invoices to receive payment for hours not actually worked; told two clients that he was paid by the insurance product provider when he had in fact drawn fees directly ...

NAB farewells two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Two directors who served on NAB's board since 2004 retired on Friday. Daniel Gilbert and Jillian Segal retired following the bank's annual general meeting; NAB chair Ken Henry thanked them for their "outstanding service" over the past 12 years. Gilbert ...

Regal FM COO to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Regal Funds Management's chief operating officer will leave the company this month following a transition period. Stephen Baldwin became Regal's COO in 2012, having previously been a quantitative portfolio manager there. Prior to Regal, he was a senior ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... Expectations of Fed rate rises went from four to two to one. The UK lost David Cameron as prime minister after Brexit but not the economy's mojo. The US-elected Trump as president and his reflation pronouncements sent equity and commodity markets rallying ...

SMSF satisfaction belies uncertainty

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... respondents having formal agreements with financial advisers (42%) and accountants (30%) in the management of their fund. This was not just limited to higher value funds, with 30% of those enlisting a professional financial adviser having less than $200,000 ...