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BOQ acquires ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... Melbourne operations as a positive indication for worker. In May 2020, ME Bank faced scrutiny from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in regards to its relationship with the 26 industry funds invested in the bank. It was revealed ...

ASIC imposes licence conditions on Poynter Hargraves

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... Hargraves had poor risk controls around conflict management and was not adequately monitoring and supervising its representatives," ASIC said. "ASIC's surveillance also found that some clients were provided with financial advice that failed to meet the ...

Super must prioritise cybersecurity risk: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... to cyber incidents, the report read. PwC and GNGB suggest the super industry establish a working group of key representatives that sets out terms of reference, and timeframes to achieve cybersecurity goals. The Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

Dealer group bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... development managers, which the dealer group said is necessary to service its network of more than 270 authorised representatives. "With decades of experience between them across business development, distribution, sales and practice management, Kevin ...

Diversa, BetaShares relationship probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has questioned Future Super, Verve and Diversa Trustees on their relationship with BetaShares. Despite Future Super experiencing impressive member growth and returns recently, committee chair ...

Future Super, Verve accused of misleading members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has accused Future Super and Verve of misleading consumers who are unlikely to understand the funds' relationship to Diversa Trustees. During questioning, Liberal MP and committee chair ...

Sequoia completes acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... Interprac Securities. Sequoia announced in December its intention to acquire the books of Interprac authorized representatives First Option, Marshall & Company and Barry Moser. The acquisition of all three will add approximately $450,000 of annual recurring ...

RSE trustee board composition evolving

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... at June 2015 to 845 positions at June 2020. Of the total 845 directorships at RSE trustees at June 2020, member representatives had the largest share of the board seats at about 32%. This stayed relatively the same over the last six years. Most other ...

AFCA forced into rule change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... Australian Financial Complaints Authority has been forced into a rule change regarding its jurisdiction over authorised representatives after a court decision. The NSW Supreme Court ruled in the case of DH Flinders v Australian Financial Complaints Authority ...

Boards suffer from disconnect between risk, strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... ability to take on risk. The report, Refocus on Risk to Thrive, was based on interviews with 75 board and management representatives of Australia's largest public and private organisations in late 2020. It found a lmost all (93%) of Australia's largest ...