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Former ASIC lawyer joins private firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... ASIC has taken on a new role in the financial services regulatory practice of a well-known Australian law firm. Herbert Smith Freehills announced Lesley Symons had been appointed as an executive counsel in its financial services regulatory practice. ...

Superannuation fund cuts pay in C-suite

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... according to 2018-2019 disclosures. In the year, the board also spent $43,000 on three special advisers. LGIAsuper chair John Smith said, in taking the decision, the board considered the significant and material impact of COVID-19 on fund members (especially ...

CBA appoints chief economist

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... chief economist. Earlier in his career, he worked for Westpac, SBC Australia, the Nomura Research Institute, and the Salomon Smith Barney Citibank Group, where he spent more than 14 years working in economics and market analysis. Halmarick also served ...

Sargon lender sends in voluntary administrators

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... experience and founded Wexted after working for about 13 years each at KPMG Australia and McGrathNicol. He worked on Dick Smith Electronics' high-profile bankruptcy, where he was the administrator as the company was liquidated.

Jamie Dimon recovering after emergency heart surgery

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... into emergency surgery late last week. The bank's co-presidents and co-chief operating officers, Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith, have taken over the reins while the 63-year-old recovers. In an internal letter to staff and investors, the US' biggest bank ...

Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... honour them if the investors threatened to go to regulators. Director of the FTC's bureau of consumer protection, Andrew Smith, said: "MOBE falsely promised consumers that it could teach them how to start a successful online business and earn six-figure ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... Speaking to the court for the ongoing case surrounding the $2.5 billion ANZ share sale, ex-JPMorgan banker Jeff Herbert-Smith said there was a "gentleman's agreement" between the three banks to restrict their share sales. Herbert-Smith had previously ...

Most traded stocks, ETFs of 2019 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... Shares High Yield ETF making the list alongside the other most popular Vanguard ETFs. Saxo Australia chief executive Adam Smith said: "Even though 2019 was characterised by high geopolitical uncertainty around the US-China trade war and Brexit, this ...

Industry fund appoints investment head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... confirmed to Financial Standard the appointment of a new chief investment officer in former legalsuper investment head Edward Smith, as incumbent Andrew Killen heads for the exit. Killen has held the role for the past 15 years, and in that time was responsible ...

Gardior adds board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... board of Gardior after winning the mandate to manage The Infrastructure Fund in late 2018. Head of MIRA Australia Grant Smith and head of MIRA Asia-Pacific Frank Kwok joined the Gardior board in December 2019. Smith and Kwok now sit alongside QIEC Super ...