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Investment manager criminally charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
The Australian arm of a global investment management company has been charged with breaching client money obligations. Societe Generale Securities Australia (SGSA) is facing criminal charges in Sydney on two counts of failing to pay client money into ...

AMP Life, AMP Capital fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
AMP Life and AMP Capital have paid hefty penalties following infringement notices issued by ASIC. AMP Life paid $275,500 and AMP Capital paid $250,500. "ASIC issued the infringement notices as it considers there are reasonable grounds to believe there ...

ASIC drags CFS to court over MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
ASIC has commenced civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Colonial First State, alleging that it engaged in misleading communication with members. Following the introduction of legislation in 2012 that required trustees to offer members a default ...

Investec AM rebrands

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Investec Asset Management has completed its demerger from Investec Group today and officially rebranded, in what it says is the final step to becoming an independent global asset manager. Now known as Ninety One, the firm's shares will list today on ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
The RBA has signaled it will begin quantitative easing after the US Federal Reserve implemented QE measures overnight and slashed its interest rate. The Fed's QE measures include a US$700 billion bond buying program, as part of its effort to offset ...

Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
A Sunsuper donation of $11,000 to the Australian Labor Party has come under intense scrutiny in a Senate committee hearing. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell was grilled by Liberal Senator Andrew ...

Suncorp executive exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
Suncorp has appointed a new chief information officer as it announces the incumbent will leave the group, effective March 27. Darren Abbruzzese, Suncorp's executive general manager digital, labs and insurance technology, will act as chief information ...

Major industry events cancelled amid pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
The Conference of Major Superannuation Funds has been cancelled or postponed along with a number of the financial services sectors big events, including charity fundraiser FICAP. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has cancelled the ...

ANU to help determine fate of SG increase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
Australian National University (ANU) has been selected by the Morrison government to analyse whether wages will be harmed if the superannuation guarantee is increased to 12%. Robb Preston, manager of Treasury's retirement income policy division, told ...

Pendal global equities fund cut at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Morningstar has dropped coverage on Pendal's global equities fund which recently swapped out an external manager for Pendal's in-house investment team. In November, Pendal announced it would pull $460 million from AQR Capital Management across three ...