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APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
After questioning from Senator Andrew Bragg at Senate estimates, prudential regulator APRA shared it has done some preliminary investigations about payments to unions. Bragg has claimed that superannuation which should be for workers has turned into ...

Barrenjoey poaches several new hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
Barrenjoey has recently acquired several key senior staff from rival companies. The new appointees include Sam Webb from Credit Suisse for small caps sales. He'll work alongside founding principal and head of emerging company's Chad Mikhael ...

MaxCap Group expands direct investment team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
Real estate financier MaxCap Group has announced that Adam Cook has joined its direct investment team as director. Cook will report to MaxCap's head of direct investment Simon Hullet and be responsible for originating new equity investment opportunities ...

Iress halts divestment of UK mortgage business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... net proceeds from the sale of mortgages would be distributed to shareholders. In a release today, Iress chief executive Andrew Walsh said: "As part of a board-led strategy review in 2021, it was decided that Iress would explore potential opportunities ...

Fund inflows drop sharply: Calastone

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
Calastone insights have found that Australians' investment appetite has cooled markedly in the first quarter of 2022. The quarterly fund flow index from Calastone found that after record inflows to managed equity funds in 2021, the value of new cash ...

VFMC,CFA Societies combine to attract more women into investing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) and CFA Societies Australia have joined Future IM/Pact - an industry campaign building a pipeline of future female investors. The new partners join as Future IM/Pact expands into the early career segment ...

Salter Brothers appoints new investment director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
Global fund manager Salter Brothers has appointed Gregg Taylor as investment director, private equity. Taylor will lead the Sydney-based investment team responsible for managing Salter Brothers Emerging Companies Limited. Taylor brings with him 25 years ...

Parliamentary committee hears KPMG assumed 'conflicting engagements knowingly'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
A public accountability committee that inquired and reported on the Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE) has uncovered several damaging findings, including that KPMG engagements were 'rife with conflict'. The TAHE has been the subject of serious accounting ...

COVID-19 financial advice relief to be repealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
ASIC will allow the COVID-19 advice-related relief instrument to automatically repeal on 15 April 2022. The COVID-19 instrument commenced on 15 April 2021. This was an extension of a raft of relief measures that were initially introduced in April 2020. ...

Cryptocurrency lender Helio charged for false credit licence claims

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
Melbourne-based cryptocurrency lender Helio Lending has been charged with falsely claiming that it held an Australian credit licence (ACL) when it did not. Helio Lending offered cryptocurrency-backed loans to consumers, using the digital currency as ...