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AIST appoints two new executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has appointed a new general manager memberships and partnerships and a new general manager professional development to drive a bigger focus on membership engagement. The appointments also aim ...

ME Bank acting chief made permanent

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
ME Bank has promoted its acting chief executive to the role permanently, following Jamie McPhee's resignation earlier this year. Adam Crane joined the bank as chief financial officer in 2019 and was promoted to acting chief executive in July following ...

Australia bottoms out on fund disclosure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
Australia has been given the lowest grade by a research house for being the only mutual fund market in the world that does not have regulated portfolio holdings disclosure. Morningstar's biannual Global Investor Experience (GIE) report gave Australia ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... disputed islands in the South China Sea and for all of Trump's machismo, Beijing's still standing tall. Former consul-general to Hong Kong Jocelyn Chey said it best when she advised the Morrison government to: "Just shut up for a while. Every ...

COVID-19 lockdown swells financial stress

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... their balances so they close any retirement savings shortfall and help improve their quality of life in later years," AMP general manager workplace super engagement Stephen Owen said. Further to this, 61% of workers in Melbourne reported feeling stressed ...

Industry fund names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has appointed a former Link Group general manager and industry fund chief executive to its top job. MIESF has named Katherine Kaspar as its incoming chief executive, following the announcement that Bill ...

QMV hires technology lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Wealth management consulting and technology firm QMV has made an appointment to the new role of general manager, technology. Jonathan Clamp will step into the newly created role of general manager, technology. Based in Melbourne, Clamp will report to ...

GE, Cheesecake Factory pursued for disclosure violations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... the Cheesecake Factory agreed to pay a US$125,000 penalty and to cease-and-desist from further violations. Meanwhile, General Electric has agreed to pay $200 million for historical disclosure violations. In 2017 and 2018, GE's share price fell 75% as ...

UniSuper wins in court judgement on board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... of 472,785 Australians. CPSU represents "non-teaching and non-academic staff" while NTEU represents "academic staff and general/professional staff". UniSuper was formed by the merger of Tertiary Education Superannuation Scheme (TESS) and Superannuation ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... social media giant to divest key assets, labelling the actions 'revisionist history'. The FTC and 48 Attorneys General filed their respective suits overnight, claiming Facebook has used an "unlawful scheme" and illegal monopoly power to suppress ...