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More scrutiny for super fund, insurance firm chiefs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Top executives of superannuation funds and life insurance companies could soon face another inquiry that has traditionally put the blowtorch on the chiefs of the four major banks. The Coalition has asked that the House of Representatives Standing Committee ...

Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... convertible or promissory notes. Some of the money was used to pay earlier investors with funds received from new investors. The rest of the money was used for personal benefit, funding Bennett's lavish lifestyle. Among other things, Bennett used the ...

Australian equity markets remain clean: ASIC

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
Australia is among the most efficient or "cleanest" equity markets compared with the rest of the world, according to a recent ASIC review. The review by ASIC found Australian equity markets continue to operate with "a high degree of integrity". Measuring ...

Intiger makes global operations head redundant

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
Intiger has made its head of global operations redundant as it ramps up cost cutting initiatives. Sharon Wright was appointed to oversee teams in India and the Philippines in May 2015. Her role was made redundant in light of the ASX-listed financial ...

Credit Suisse names chief executive

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
Credit Suisse hired Deutsche Bank's former head of corporate finance, Asia Pacific to lead its Australian operations as chief executive. Effective October, Richard Gibb will lead the Swiss investment bank's Australian franchise across investment banking ...

IOOF rejigs CRO role, appoints successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
IOOF has redefined the role of its chief risk officer and appointed a compliance and governance expert to the position. The group also announced the sale of one of its advice practices. Amanda Noble, who has been IOOF's acting chief risk officer ...

ASIC moves against SMSF auditor misconduct

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
ASIC has acted against misconduct by SMSF auditors, disqualifying three and imposing conditions on several others. The decisions follow concerns about SMSF auditors failing to meet requirements, including auditor independence standards, auditing standards ...

ASIC moves to ban direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
ASIC moved to ban the unsolicited telephone sales of life and consumer credit insurance. Consultation is open for ASIC's proposal to ban the sale of direct life and consumer credit insurance by unsolicited phone calls, in a move the corporate regulator ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... efforts by industry super funds. "While Australians are increasingly loyal to their existing super fund, the industry cannot rest on its laurels in supporting, educating and informing its members," added Choi. The survey found 39% of members read their ...

Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Lifting the Superannuation Guarantee will make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetime, new Grattan Institute research shows. Raising the SG from 9.5% to 12% would see a 30-year-old worker fork out $30,000 over their lifetime, Grattan ...