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ETP provider fined for misleading promos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... slapped with ASIC fines totalling more than $25,000 for making misleading statements online. Australian Corporate Bond Company, provider of XTBs, has paid $25,200 in penalties for making misleading statements on its website in promotion of the products. ...

Freedom Insurance suspends trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... and repaying commissions, the board flagged a potential liquidity shortfall during calendar 2019, but indicated that the company is still solvent. The Commission exposed unethical sales practices whereby Freedom sold life insurance policies to an intellectually ...

Former Morgan Stanley chief to join Westpac board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... firm's local efforts for nearly 20 years, from 1998. In 2016, he relinquished his management duties but stayed in the company as vice chairman until last month. Prior to his time at Morgan Stanley, Harker spent 15 years at the predecessor to Barclays ...

Sequoia chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... Sequoia Financial Group's chief executive and managing director Scott Beeton is bidding farewell after nine years with the company. Beeton has also resigned as a director of the group effective February 4. In November 2018, Beeton flagged he would transition ...

QIC appoints managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... sale of $2.5 billion of assets and the Sydney CBD/Chatswood Chase Sydney asset swap transaction with GIC," Kelley said in company filings this morning. QIC manages alternatives (like infrastructure, real estate, private capital, liquid strategies and ...

Superannuation smashes gender diversity goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
... representation in ASX-listed companies are not far behind. Latest research from MSCI shows more women joined Australian company boards in 2018. The proportion of women holding seats in Australia's boardrooms grew 2.8 percentage points last year. ...

Link sells a slice of $1.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... selling a part of a business it acquired for $1.5 billion in 2017, with the proceeds going to pay down debt. The ASX-listed company has entered a binding agreement to sell its corporate and private clients (CPCS) business to Apex Group for about $430 ...

Former TAL chief appointed at Swiss Re

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... well as the National Disability Insurance Agency. Additionally, Minto chairs Partners Life, a New Zealand life insurance company. Chair of Swiss Re's boards in Australia Jillian Broadbent paid tribute to Dennis Fox and his 10 years of service, whom Minto ...

Mercer names platform provider for direct super investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... driving up superannuation outcomes and engagement across the board." Mercer head of superannuation Darren Stevens said the company is pleased to be working with OneVue. "The partnership with OneVue is one of a number of initiatives that allows Mercer ...

Former Macquarie executive joins LICs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... board of two listed investment companies. Sarah Williams joins as an independent director of NAOS Emerging Opportunities Company (NCC) and NAOS Ex-50 Opportunities Company (NAC) effective 31 January 2019. Williams was most recently an executive director ...