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Portfolio manager caught out faking returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
A portfolio manager artificially inflated a fund's returns and collected a large bonus on the back of it, the US corporate regulator alleged. New Jersey-based portfolio manager and trader Swapnil Rege was employed by a company referred to as Fund Adviser ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
A $2.7 billion industry superannuation has welcomed a new chair, as well as a deputy chair. Janet Torney has been appointed chair of Club Plus Super, while Steve Whan is the new deputy chair. Torney takes over from Tara Moriarty, who stepped down after ...

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 ...

Nomura ordered to pay back US $25m

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
The giant's securities business has been ordered to pay back US $25 million to clients misled by its bond traders, in an enforcement action by the US corporate regulator. Many of Nomura's bond traders made false and misleading statements to customers ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Advocates of impact investing are in fear for the future of the movement, issuing warnings about the dangers of impact-washing. A recent analysis of green themed funds around the globe found 85% make unsubstantiated and misleading impact-related claims ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Schroders' global head of stewardship believes ESG-focused investors should exercise caution before investing in US corporate bonds. Schroders global head of stewardship Jessica Ground told a media briefing in Sydney recently that some US corporate ...

ASIC slams consumer credit failures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... practices and provide better value for consumers," Hughes said. "An inevitable consequence of these widespread failings and mis-selling practices will involve ASIC taking significant enforcement action against some of the entities named in our report." ...

Grattan SG claims slammed by industry bodies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Peak superannuation bodies have forcefully rebuked the Grattan Institute's recent claim that middle-income workers would be worse off if the Superannuation Guarantee rose to 12%. Industry Super Australia and the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

Former financial adviser jailed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
A former financial adviser who used $5 million in client funds to prop up his own business, pay off his credit cards and gamble has been jailed. James Gibbs was convicted of theft and dishonesty offences committed when he was director of James Gibbs ...

Remembering Ron Grima

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Known for his unwavering commitment and support of financial advisers, respected business development veteran Ron Grima passed away on July 2 after a short battle with motor neurone disease. Most recently a business development manager on Australian ...