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The real cost of a bad chief executive: AICD, ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
New research has revealed the true cost of a toxic chief executive to a company, indicating that poor culture from the top can permeate an entire organisation. The report, produced by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Australian ...

SMSF fraudster sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... guaranteed high returns and that they could access their funds after a short-term period of investment. At Gore's sentencing, the judge remarked that SMSF investors have saved legitimately for their retirements and a deterrent sentence was necessary ...

FPA announces 2020 award winners

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
An adviser from Western Australia has won the FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the year award, as the association announces its 2020 award winners. Zacary Leeson of HPH Solutions took home the award as an acknowledgment to positive impact ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
A parliamentary inquiry has again cast doubt over retail superannuation funds' ability to put the best financial interests of members ahead of profit and shareholders. The most recent Standing Committee on Economics into super heard instances of ...

Responsible entity fined $2m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... the court along with joint submissions for declarations, civil penalties and the disqualification order to be imposed. The judge noted in handing down his judgment that the circumstances involved catastrophic losses sustained by investors. ASIC commissioner ...

Three advisers banned for non-financial crimes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... voyeurism in 2018 and sentenced to nine months imprisonment. He was also required to sign the sex offenders register. The judge sentencing Horsey said that his act of voyeurism had involved substantial planning, including carefully positioned mirrors ...

AMP welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
AMP has added a former Telstra executive to its board, citing her experience in leading cultural change as a driving force. Kate McKenzie is currently a non-executive director of NBN Co, Stockland and previously served on the boards of Allianz Australia ...

Gender doesn't influence company returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... "While some ASX companies have recently moved to disclose their board's "skills matrix", there is little information to judge the quality of an individual director's skills and experience, and even less on individual performance and motivation," OM said. ...

Sam Henderson sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... dishonest advisers will face the consequences," ASIC executive director, financial services enforcement Tim Mullaly said. The judge applied a 25% discount to the sentence due to Henderson's guilty plea. ASIC alleged that Henderson engaged in dishonest ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
The numbers may be better than market expectations but they still don't diminish the fact that Australia's labour market remains weak. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's unemployment rate increased to 6.9% in ...