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EQT names chair, compliance member

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... audit committee. He is currently a director of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Equity Trustees RECC chair Anne O'Donnell thanked Williams for her contribution as a non-executive director of EQT Group over ...

Aware Super in-houses fund administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
Aware Super is implementing a new suite of technology products that will allow it to in-source member experience, including administration, so far done by Mercer. The fund signed a long-term contract with Bravura, for an initial term of seven years. ...

Microcap manipulators caught out

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
A ring of microcap share manipulators have had their assets frozen by the Securities and Exchange Commission after procuring US$9 million in illegal profits by defrauding retail investors. The SEC alleged in a complaint that between 2013 and 2017 Ongkaruck ...

Former investment adviser charged with $85m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
The US Securities and Exchange Commission have charged a former registered investment adviser with fraud for his alleged role in a US$60 million Ponzi-like scheme. The SEC alleges that David Hu, the co-founder and chief investment officer of International ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A former financial services executive in the US has been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme that saw him funnel at least $4 million to the Ghanaian government to gain their approval to build and operate an electrical power plant. The Securities ...

EQT bolsters board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... which she is still currently chair. Previously, Schwartz served on the boards of Stockland and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. She was also previously the chair of Creative Partnerships Australia. Schwartz said EQT was a great cultural fit. "I believe ...

SMSF scheme sees creator jailed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
A 51-year-old was found to have unlawfully created, operated and benefitted from a fraudulent self-managed superannuation fund. Kent Nguyen was sentence to three years in prison after pleading guilty to orchestrating an illegal early release of a superannuation ...

Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... mix. "In the beginning, we believe that someone listened, but the audience grew thin along with the members of SCOA's orchestra, and the music stopped." This week it was confirmed that CSS and PSS indexed pensions will increase by 0.5% from July 4.

IRESS partners with bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
Financial technology provider IRESS has partnered with one of Australia's newest banks for a streamlined mortgage offering. A new partnership between IRESS and Volt will see IRESS' mortgage software, MSO, rolled out to Volt's mortgage customers. One ...

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... to 2002. He is a former partner at KPMG and is current chair of Lendlease. He is also chair of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria. MetLife Australia chair Geoff Brunsdon was appointed a Member in the General ...