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ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... returns during the market's "recovery" period in the second quarter of 2020," Demers et al wrote in a pre-print and pre-peer review copy of the research. "Industry affiliation, market-based measures of risk, and accounting-based variables that capture ...

Advice remediation tops $1bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... 2020. The payments relate to ASIC report 499 Financial advice: Fees for no service and ASIC report 515 Financial advice: Review of how large institutions oversee their advisers. When it comes to fee for no service of misconduct, AMP paid or offered $145 ...

Westpac offloads vendor finance business

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... vendor finance business to a New York-headquartered private equity firm, in the first sale from the bank's strategic review stable. Cerberus Capital Management has acquired Westpac's Strategic Alliances, with the equipment financing business ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... not effectively record and keep data of the anniversary date at which an advice client would be entitled to their annual review. It also maintained a financial incentive scheme that, before 1 July 2018, contained new advice revenue targets that had to ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... document on the details and findings of the 2017 investigation. We are providing access for Ms Szlakowski and her lawyers to review in order to seek her consent." Szlakowski, who is based in the US, has engaged legal representation in the US and Australia ...

ATO implements JobKeeper changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... only be nominated by one employer at any given time. "JobKeeper enrolments are still open. We encourage all businesses to review the eligibility criteria and if eligible, enrol in the program to start receiving JobKeeper payments," deputy commissioner ...

ASIC cracks down on 42 SMSF auditors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
The corporate watchdog has cancelled the registrations of 36 self-managed super fund auditors, while conditions have been imposed on a further six. It comes after ASIC found a number of SMSF auditors had not maintained an appropriate level of audit ...

S&P 500 rebounds from COVID-losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Com' bubble," Yang said. "Uncertainties surrounding the approval of a second US fiscal stimulus package remain, while a review of the phase-one US-China trade deal is in limbo. These are two potential catalysts for equity market volatility." Consumer ...

AMP to release Pahari investigation findings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... time was also informed, AMP said. The current board was advised of the matter prior to Pahari's promotion and another review was undertaken, AMP said. "Following that review, all board members were satisfied with the thoroughness of the investigation ...

Westpac ditches dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Westpac has become the first of the big four banks to not deliver a dividend in its first half results as it reported a net profit of $595 million and revealed it anticipates further enforcement action from ASIC. Westpac chief executive Peter King said ...