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CBA avoids board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
CBA avoided a board spill after the majority of shareholders voted in favour of the remuneration report that was overhauled hot on the heels of AUSTRAC alleging the bank breached anti-money laundering laws. About 92% of shareholders approved the remuneration ...

SuperFriend welcomes new director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
A mental health foundation that works with profit-to-member superannuation funds has appointed its first independent, non-executive director to the board. Megan Bonny joins SuperFriend with more than 20 years' experience in managing communications and ...

Where in the cycle is Australia?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
"In the next 5000 kilometres, turn right." Even the now-ubiquitous GPS (global positioning system) will ask you're starting point before it gives directions to your destination. But what if you don't know where you presently are? Such is the problem ...

Government launches emerging market impact investment fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
A new impact investment fund aimed at leveraging private investment in small and medium enterprise in the Asia-Pacific region has been launched by the Australian Government. The $40 billion emerging markets impact investment fund will support SME's ...

Former adviser cops 10-year imprisonment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
The former principal of Sherwin Financial Planners was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for fraud. Bradley Thomas Sherwin was found guilty of 25 charges following an ASIC investigation arising from of the collapse of his financial planning business ...

Major banks overlooking elder abuse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The Australian Bankers Association and the four major banks aren't doing enough to prevent elder financial abuse, particularly within branches where they are most vulnerable, an advocate group said. Michael Riley, chief executive of not-for-profit organisation ...

Less liquidity to lessen risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Fresh data out of China suggests that the central government and the central bank's efforts to reduce liquidity in the system are starting to have an impact. China's M2 money supply went up by 8.8% in the year to October after rising by 9.2% in the ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
It's beginning to look a lot like the Grinch will steal Christmas 2017 and investors would be happy just to get the two-front teeth in their hanged stockings. That's the feeling many an investor would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Assessed in tandem with the previous day's report of a narrowing in China's international trade surplus in October, the latest update on the country's inflation indicates the central government's progress towards rebalancing the economy. China's CPI ...

Industry fund appoints governance and risk head

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
An industry superannuation fund is meeting the increasingly complex nature of the super system head on with the appointment of an executive officer, governance and risk. Natalie Alford, formerly of APRA, will lead the Equip Super's governance, risk ...