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Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... subject of the prosecution had nothing to do with the company." Fineff opened up about his struggles with gambling to the ABC in mid-2020, revealing he lost $8 million of his own and other people's money. Over a six-month period in 2017, he gambled ...

ASIC issues warnings on investment scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... crypto-currency and CFD investment advertisements in counterfeit versions of news outlets such as Forbes Business Magazine, ABC News, Sunrise and The Project. The advertisements are linked to an illegitimate site that asks for contact details and the ...

ISA chief economist departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
Industry Super Australia's chief economist of six years Stephen Anthony has left the lobby group. ISA confirmed Anthony's departure. "We thank Stephen Anthony for his work with Industry Super Australia over the la st six years. His thoughtful ...

ABC, ISH arrangement faces scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... pressure to investigate the complex arrangements and quantify the financial terms between industry superannuation funds and the ABC, a parliamentary inquiry heard this morning. The prudential regulator, which appeared before the Standing Committee Economics ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... McLaws - University of New South Wales (NSW) UNSW Professor of Epidemiology, Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases - ABC News prints that, "She said it was difficult to identify the "magic number" needed to achieve herd immunity, but if three-out-of-five ...

TAL continues successful FASEA course

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Life insurer TAL has launched another round of its FASEA exam masterclass, which aims to prep financial advisers for the exam. The masterclass, run through TAL Risk Academy, has proven very popular with TAL noting it is one of the most attended courses ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... vaccine becomes widely distributed. Speaking of the vaccine, China's also turning this into an opportunity. On December 6 ABC News reported that: "China's fledgling pharmaceutical industry has at least five vaccines from four producers being ...

Hume clarifies survival of the fittest in MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... out that Hume "gave nothing away" about the impending changes to superannuation in her pre-budget media appearance on the ABC, surprising many in the industry. But, Hume insisted reform was necessary - especially to enhance the performance of default ...

Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... Youth Allowance and Parenting Payment), at a cost to the budget of $16.8 billion. Frydenberg did say in an interview with the ABC that the government would reassess the level of JobSeeker payments closer to the end of the year. The economic response ...

Government declares record deficit, super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... will come back," Frydenberg said. "Together we will rebuild our economy and secure Australia's future." Speaking with the ABC following his speech, Frydenberg acknowledged the budget is based on a set of assumptions, such as the majority of Australians ...