Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 131 - 140 of 11639 results for "Company"

Federal Court appoints receivers to investigate Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... court re-made asset preservation orders to restrict Brite's operations, however authorised the receivers to manage the company's ongoing activities. ASIC said it took these steps to protect client assets, and the management of those assets, on an ongoing ...

EQT operations, finance chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... worked as the chief financial officer at the now-defunct property development, construction and investment management company Grocon. Before that, he held positions that included managing director of Agrium Asia Pacific and chief financial officer of ...

ASIC takes action on EverBlu, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... managing corporations for five years and impose a pecuniary penalty. ASIC alleged that he facilitated loans from his private company Anglo Menda to lend funds to EverBlu clients, in breach of EverBlu's personal dealing policy, to trade in Creso shares. ...

ASIC, APRA slam premium hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... than stepped premiums. "Despite consumer expectations that level premiums are more stable than stepped, only one life company made the conscious decision to keep increases for level premiums at a lower rate than for stepped premiums," the letter read. ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
While there are good indications that Melissa Caddick's victims will recoup most of their funds, the lawyer spearheading the latest class action believes that SMSF clients should get all their money back. Michael Chapman, a director at Melbourne-based ...

Global fund managers welcome chief executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... MFS's current chief executive Michael Roberge, who will assume the role of executive chair. Roberge has been with the company for almost 30 years and has held the role since 2017. Maloney also has an impressive track record at the wealth management firm ...

Boards unprepared for new workplace laws: Research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... investigations can be made regardless of whether a complaint has been filed. Research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) shows 85% of ASX300 directors believe workplace ...

Soul Patts raises stake in Perpetual

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... another takeover bid, WHSP has also entered an equity collar agreement. A fixed-dollar value collar is a strategy where a company that may be acquired can protect itself from the stock price fluctuations of the acquiring firm. Earlier in the month, WHSP ...

Dexus finds next chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... "During his time at Dexus, Ross has made a significant contribution to the delivery of our strategy and repositioning the company as a leading Australasian real assets manager." The combination of Du Vernet's deep property investment expertise, track ...

Platinum names new chief executive, restructures board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... Putnam Investments for eight years between 1999 and 2007. Ten years before that he worked in different roles at Mckinsey & Company and was seconded to Australia for about a year. Peters currently works as an adviser at Curagaia, an Australian firm offering ...