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Major super funds caught in fraud scandal

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Several of Australia's largest superannuation funds were targeted by an online fraud syndicate which siphoned millions from share-trading and super accounts. A Melbourne woman appeared in court yesterday after allegedly taking part in an online ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Short-seller Blue Orca is targeting an importer of infant formula from Australia for falsely claiming its products are safe for lactose intolerant babies. Ausnutria, a company that imports infant milk formula from Australia, New Zealand and Europe for ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... America's eyes - not when it was intervening to keep the yuan from depreciating but now that it has allowed market forces to discover the currency's true value. As The Economist explains: "The IMF, which monitors countries' external imbalances ...

Women don't know their worth: Noble Oak

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... actually is. Men underestimate theirs by just $97,000. These numbers come after Noble Oak surveyed 1000 Australians to discover how much they think their life insurance is worth in comparison to the amount they may actually need. Generation Z women ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
A moratorium on genetic testing in the life insurance industry means that Australians can get up to half a million dollars of life cover without disclosing genetic tests. The Financial Services Council approved a moratorium on genetic tests in life ...

Liquidnet acquires fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... of Australia, Bank of Japan, US Fed Reserve and European "Prattle is yet another powerful tool for asset managers to discover actionable insight from the enormous amounts of unstructured data that is produced throughout the capital markets," Liquidnet ...

PYSP puts SMSFs at risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
As July 1 approaches, some self-managed superannuation fund members are scrambling to ensure life insurance policies held through an APRA-regulated fund aren't suddenly cancelled. With the Government's Protecting Your Super Package about to kick in ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The 30% Club and EY have joined forces to research what it takes to be considered for an ASX 200 board position. Last year, 185 non-executive directors were appointed to ASX 200 boards with 113 of those experiencing their first board appointment. EY ...

New role for former ClearView executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
A former head of dealer group services at ClearView Wealth joined a firm helping accountants looking to expand into financial planning. Crescere Partners appointed Andrew O'Riordan as operations manager as the firm grows to meet the increasing demand ...

Advisers loyal to XPLAN: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
XPLAN continues to be the top application of choice for financial advisers for the 12th consecutive year. This is according to the latest Investment Trends Planning Software Benchmarking Report, which showed XPLAN blitzed 29 of 34 categories. Other ...