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Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Financial Standard readers have decried how banking and financial services executives are remunerated following insight into how CBA remunerated its executives at the financial services Royal Commission. Eighty-nine percent of respondents in our recent ...

FICAP launches 2019 program, names new charity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
The Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) is gearing up for its "Who Wants to be a Rockstar?" fundraiser, with the new charity announced this month. Last Thursday, the FICAP committee and the charity beneficiaries from this year's fundraising ...

Court fines stockbroker $350k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
The Federal Court has ordered a stockbroking firm to pay a $350,000 penalty for failing to comply with Market Integrity Rules. In early March 2011, State One Stockbroking placed 19 bids on behalf of a client when it should have reasonably suspected ...

FASEA releases draft degree requirement legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its long awaited degree requirements for existing financial advisers and new entrants. FASEA has proposed the maximum requirement for an existing adviser be a graduate diploma of eight subjects ...

MetLife expands retail arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
MetLife Australia continues to bolsters its retail division with four key appointments. Marcus Chan joins MetLife as sales manager for New South Wales. He came from BT Financial Group where he worked as a business development manager. Also from BTFG ...

ClearView launches new business, reshuffles executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
ClearView has made three executive promotions coinciding with the launch of a new business offering back-office and compliance services to financial advisers. LaVista Licensee Solutions, a licensing service, will be led by Mike Pope as its chief executive. ...

Warakirri launches new fund for HNWIs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
The $2 billion Melbourne boutique is looking to raise at least $100 million for a new agricultural fund targeted at high-net-worth individuals, family offices and not-for-profit organisations. Warakirri Asset Management's new diversified agricultural ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
ASIC has banned a Perth-based adviser after a court found he stole more than $100,000 of superannuation money from his clients. Craig James Wilson was employed by an advice firm that was a representative of the Westpac-controlled licensee Securitor ...

Deputy CIO promotion at industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
A $37 billion industry superannuation fund has promoted its head of investment strategy to the new role of deputy chief investment officer. Hostplus' Greg Clerk takes on the deputy chief investment officer role, reporting to long-serving chief investment ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
The bull market in crude oil is no more. Just a month ago and a bit, rumour on the street was that crude oil prices would soar to around US$100 a barrel and beyond. No one could be faulted for believing this. Not after Saudi Arabia and Russia's ...