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ASIC takes Federal Court action against Macquarie Bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
ASIC has started civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Macquarie Bank Ltd over alleged failures to monitor third party withdrawals from customer accounts. The corporate watchdog said that limited monitoring by Macquarie of transactions ...

War in Ukraine sparks defence spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
An unstable global geopolitical situation, most significantly due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has prompted a $270 billion commitment to defence spending in the Federal Budget. The increased allocation to defence will bring Australia's defence spending ...

SMSF Association appoints chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... Brisbane Lawyer Scott Hay-Bartlem has been named chair of the SMSF Association. Hay-Bartlem, a partner at Brisbane law firm Cooper Grace Ward, has been a director for the organisation since July 2019, and will replace Andrew Hamilton who is stepping ...

CFS appoints John Brogden

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... First State. Acting chair of Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL) and Avanteos Investments Limited (AIL) Greg Cooper announced Brogden will join the boards of CFSIL and AIL as an independent non-executive director. He is currently the chief ...

APRA, ASIC provide annual update

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have released their annual engagement update for 2021. Reinforcing Australia's twin peaks model of regulation, the agencies said they ...

Boutique creates distribution lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... specialist appointed a head of distribution in a newly created role. Simon Wu has joined Quest Asset Partners after a stint at Cooper Investors as a senior business development manager. Prior to Cooper Investors, Wu spent five years at abrdn, the majority ...

ASIC files numerous cases against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
In an unprecedented move, ASIC has commenced six civil penalty proceedings against Westpac for widespread compliance failures in its banking, wealth, superannuation and general insurance businesses. The six matters filed relate to charging fees to deceased ...

Macquarie AM acquires logistics real estate portfolio

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
Macquarie Asset Management acquired a €63 million portfolio of CityFlex properties in Poland from commercial real estate developer 7R on behalf of one of its managed accounts. The 80,000 square metre last-mile logistics portfolio is comprised of four ...

AustralianSuper, LUCRF push ahead on merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
The boards of $7.4 billion LUCRF Super and $230 billion AustralianSuper have approved a Heads of Agreement as they continue to advance discussions towards a merger. This agreement follows the successful completion of due diligence by the two funds and ...

Most shorted companies on ASX: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... reported in early October." Also among the most shorted companies is Piedmont Lithium with 4.5% of its total float shorted and Cooper Energy with 8% shorted. Fintel reported that Xero was also among the most shorted companies on the ASX. "With ASIC reporting ...