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Macquarie chiefs embroiled in German investigation

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018

Macquarie Group executives, including outgoing chief Nicholas Moore and successor Shemara Wikramanayake, are embroiled in a German investigation that alleges the bank was involved in a share-trading scheme. In a statement released to the ASX on Friday ...

Royal Commission tables life insurance policy questions

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018

Numerous policy questions that arose from the life insurance round of the Royal Commission could shake up the direct life insurance segment and potentially ban conflicted remuneration in risk products. The document, released yesterday, questions the ...

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018

Veteran investor Geoff Wilson says a bear market is inevitable and investors should check their cash holdings. WAM Capital is currently holding 29.2% in cash, WAM Leaders 14.6% and WAM Microcap 21.9%, the manager said in a conference call for media ...

FinTech Australia hunts new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY | TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018

FinTech Australia is on the hunt for a new chief executive, just four months after filling the role with a former Uber executive. Brad Kitschke has resigned as chief executive of FinTech Australia, citing health reasons. His departure leaves the industry ...

Industry veterans join global commission

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018

The chairman at a $6 billion Australian infrastructure fund and a former AIST chief executive are being welcomed as executives of a new global financial sector initiative which targets the end of modern slavery and human trafficking. Joining the newly-formed ...

CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018

In closing the sixth round of the Royal Commission, counsel assisting found that CommInsure, TAL and Rest may have engaged in conduct that fell below community standards after hearing "troubling" evidence from various case studies. CommInsure and Colonial ...

New study taps into investor behavior

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018

Four Melbourne-based researchers have tested a cognitive training scheme that could help investors overcome fixation with purchase prices and limit losses. Researchers from Monash University, University of Melbourne and La Trobe University conducted ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018

Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane equated removing the carve out of life insurance claim handling in the Corporations Act to using "a sledgehammer to crack a nut." Appearing before the financial services Royal Commission on ...

Retirement living advice is an opportunity: Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018

On the back of the aged care Royal Commission recently announced, financial advisers should delve deeper into the retirement living conversation with clients, according to a technical services expert. Speaking at yesterday's Challenger Financial ...

Improve climate risk disclosure: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018

ASIC has called for improvements to the consistency of disclosure practices among Australia's listed companies. In ASIC Report 593, the corporate regulator found limited climate risk disclosure outside of the top-200 listed companies in Australia. ASIC's ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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