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Capstone drops jailed adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... considering the issues in relation to Babbage's current authorisations. The FBAA commented: "We are aware of the media reports around Mark Babbage and are undertaking an investigation. The FBAA upholds a high standard for membership, and the integrity ...

EISS Super answers tough questions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... ceased any existing sponsorship deals. The fund's chief executive Alex Hutchinson stepped down following the media reports on spending and the YFYS test results. Hutchinson released a statement following his departure, in which he defended the fund's ...

More departures at EISS Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... departure of the fund's chief executive Alex Hutchison following failure of the inaugural APRA performance test and media reports of frivolous spending and poor culture at the fund. In the days that followed Hutchison defended his tenure, saying he is ...

NAB denies underpaying full-time workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... part-time only. "The issue raised by the FSU does not impact full time colleagues," NAB said in a statement, addressing media reports that the FSU is taking legal action against the bank in the Federal Court. "NAB has identified 3200 current and former ...

AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... the AFR on March 25 prior it was announced to the markets almost a week later. Hazelton said: "At the time of the media reports, we were in discussions with Francesco regarding the future direction of AMP. We were talking about how the size and shape ...

Aware to restructure advice offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... advisers would be made redundant, but Forman disputed that figure. "The number of impacted roles quoted in previous media reports is wrong and we expect the impact on planning roles to be significantly less by the conclusion of the consultation period," ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... through Maurice Blackburn. "I have never received an apology from Mr Pahari." Bornstein said that when he first saw media reports on the matter with responses from AMP referring to "lower level breaches of AMP's code of conduct" he thought perhaps Pahari ...

Mayfair 101 in damage control

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... to freeze some Mayfair 101 assets and expressed concerns Mawhinney may be a flight risk. These details emerged in media reports after what Mayfair 101 claims was a court bungle. It said the court mistakenly listed the matter on the public register when ...

NULIS calls for clearer regulatory definitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... account," it said. "This applies when an adviser service fee is added or changed on a member's account." In response to media reports that MLC Wealth subsidiary charged customer's more to access external managed funds NULIS defended the position. "There ...

IFM adds to leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... IFM Investors chair Greg Combet asked for a wider investigation spanning retail and wholesale managed funds. "The media reports regarding your referral to APRA and ASIC do not clearly indicate that the sought for investigation will include bank-owned ...