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ASIC bans Linchpin directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... itself and Beacon, to grow the business. ASIC calculated Linchpin lent about $15 million to itself, Beacon and another company, Risk and Investment Advisors Australia (RIAA).

Grow Super co-founder in alleged betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... co-founder and chief executive Joshua Wilson has stepped down from his role due to the alleged involvement of his other company, StatEdge, in suspicious betting activity. "On 22 May 2020 Josh Wilson resigned from his position as chief executive officer ...

US regulator settles with Ares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Ares Management LLC, which has a joint venture with Challenger's Fidante Partners in Australia via a related company, has paid US$1 million to settle charges alleging it traded in a portfolio company based on non-public information while an employee ...

Wealth platform appoints technology lead

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... served as a technical principal in Sydney. Previously, he worked as a chief technology officer at FX hedging and payments company CurrencyVue, which was later acquired by WorldFirst. He has also worked in software development at SAI Global, Nine Entertainment ...

Retirement funder adds two new executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... policy framework within which the business operates. Bishop, who is a qualified lawyer, has held a number of senior legal, company secretary and line management roles. He was the first to hold the new role of head of Commonwealth Bank retail bank compliance ...

Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Australian equities have not been immune to the effects of COVID-19, with company earnings taking a material hit, despite the equity market rallying from its lows in mid to late March, according to Zenith Investment Partners. Zenith said a flow on effect ...

Chief economist update: V could still become W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... divesting stocks in their investment portfolios - paralysis in business, household and overall economic activity won't do company profitability any favours but instead lead to losses and, by extension, reduced dividend payouts and at worse, utter ...

Government offers guidance provision relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
Company directors will not be liable for missing financial guidance targets for the next six months, after the government temporarily amended continuous disclosure provisions to help firms through COVID-19. The amendments, introduced today, ensure companies ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... acting unethically and outside Westpac's stated ethical practices. Lyn said Westpac's ethics guidelines were"spin the company put out for the public, and they bear no resemblance to what they ask staff to do". She also observed that Westpac had no training ...

MetLife Australia partners with Foodbank

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... increases the demand for food relief. MetLife Australia and MetLife Foundation's donation represent 10,000kgs of food, the company said. It also equals a $2.3 million social return on investment, according to Foodbank. "Social return on investment takes ...