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Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
Leaders from the nation's industry super funds have called for greater certainty around superannuation policy, noting various challenges face the industry in the period of economic recovery ahead. In particular, industry fund chief executives pushed ...

Foreign exchange broker banned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
ASIC has banned a former foreign exchange broker from the industry for three years, after it was found he was not fit to provide financial services and had not complied with related laws. Steven Marsh, a former employee of Forex Capital Trading, engaged ...

Chi-X admits new participant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Disrupter stock exchange Chi-X has admitted its latest trading partner. Nine Mile Financial has been admitted to the stock exchange as a market maker, with Chi-X chief executive Vic Jokovic saying as a market maker it will play an essential role in ...

ERS figures hit $17 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
The latest round of APRA data has revealed that $17.1 billion in early release of super (ERS) applications have now been paid. Billions are being withdrawn each week, despite COVID-19 restrictions easing in most Australian states. Last week $15.9 billion ...

Former BMO head joins big four executive line-up

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
A former business banking head at the Bank of Montreal will relocate to Australia, after he nabbed a role as the group executive of business and private banking at one of the country's big four banks. Andrew Irvine has been appointed in the role at ...

CBA donates $2m to community charities

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Commonwealth Bank will donate more than $2 million to community organisations across the country, with the bank's employees nominating local community charities desperate for a financial boost. It's a first in the program's 100-year history, with CBA ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
The gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity in almost every nation that decided to do so. Central banks and governments can flood the system with all the money they have, or can print, but with consumers not allowed ...

FEW announces new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
Financial Executive Women has named a new chief executive, as its founder looks to step back. After seven years leading FEW, its founder Judith Beck has announced she is stepping back and handing over the reins to executive director Alex Tullio. As ...

Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... O'Neill also took issue with the fact that AMP cut grandfathered commissions in January 2020, 12 months ahead of the legislated ban on grandfathered commissions. "Furthermore, AMPFP has issued notices of termination to an estimated 250 planners that ...

German fintech goes bust, $2.9bn gone

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
German fintech Wirecard, has filed for insolvency after revealing over $2.9 billion in cash missing from its balance sheet didn't exist. The company's former chief executive Markus Braun was arrested days after stepping down over allegations of inflating ...