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Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... the declaration, including media searches to identify concerns about the director's character, in addition to federal police and insolvency checks. It also suggested Cbus introduce a formal mechanism for rejecting director nominations where appropriate. ...

Early release of super scammer sent to prison

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... 19 with a non-parole period of 18 months. She plead guilty in November 2023 to 30 charges after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched an investigation in 2020 into her activities on the back of the Australian Taxation Office's Serious Financial ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... they can talk to their manager about what they're going through. In recent times, the likes of Cbus, Aware Super, NAB and Police Bank have introduced 12 days of paid menopause and menstruation leave per year as part of a broader framework that provides ...

The transferrable skills for advisers who changed careers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
A former police officer and professional athlete say staying disciplined and having robust communication skills have helped them succeed in their careers as financial advisers. Forbes Fava Saville Financial Planning senior financial planner and chief ...

Early release of super scammers cop prison time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... initially announcing that there were seven people involved. Together with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Queensland Police Service, and Services Australia, the AFP executed search warrants in the Southeast Queensland suburbs of Morayfield, Worongary ...

ASIC cancels Everest Asset Management's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
ASIC has canned the AFS Licence (AFSL) of the asset management firm linked to a massive money-laundering operations. Everest Asset Management, which was licensed to service wholesale clients, will no longer be operational. ASIC said it revoked the AFSL ...

ART names advice and education leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... ART's single largest customer - the Queensland government - and aligned stakeholders such as health, education, and police. The executive and board director has spent 25 years in financial services, specialising in superannuation, financial advice ...

Court approves wind up of Prospero Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... in December 2023 after it failed to lodge its financial accounts. The investigation was sparked by an Australian Federal Police operation that saw several of Prospero's former officers and responsible managers charged with money-laundering offences ...

Best super fund products revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... Account, Australian Retirement Trust - Super Savings Corporate - Accumulation Account, Aware Super - Ambulance, Aware Super - Police Blue Ribbon Super, Equipsuper - Defined Benefit, and Plum Superannuation Fund Employer Division. Leading the pack, however ...

ASIC takes further action on Prospero

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... officers and responsible managers of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer Prospero are embroiled in Australian Federal Police's investigation into seven syndicate members who allegedly laundered nearly $229 million known as "Operation Avarus-Nightwolf". ...