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Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
An inquiry into the quality of audits has fallen short of recommending the breakup of the largest four vertically integrated accounting firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest. The Regulation of Auditing in Australia: Final Report, tabled in ...

Clime chief executive steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The chief executive of Clime Investment Management has resigned with immediate effect. Rod Bristow had been in the position since September 2018, having joined from Macrovue. Bristow oversaw significant growth for the company, including the $5 million ...

Three in a row for NSW? MySuper says so

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
If you're undecided as to who to cheer for in tonight's State of Origin opener, a quick look at the MySuper performance of New South Wales and Queensland funds might be of some assistance. Hours out from kick-off at Adelaide Oval, Rainmaker ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Federal Court case brought by Mark McVeigh against the $57 billion industry super fund has been dismissed. The case was scheduled to be heard today but Justice Perram ordered that by consent the case was to be dismissed. McVeigh and Rest have been ...

UniSuper revises fees for TTR members

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The $83 billion superannuation fund has updated its fees for transition-to-retirement members invested in several options. UniSuper has increased fees between 0.01% and 0.04% for some options after calculating actual costs incurred in FY19 and estimates ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following the ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
Just as Victorian Premier Dan Andrews toasted each and every Victorian with caramel-iced doughnuts and a top-shelf bottle of Starward whiskey to celebrate the end of Melbourne's lockdown, European governments -- one after the other -- have been ...

Financial crime victims fume at Shipton, Crennan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) group have written to senators slamming ASIC chair James Shipton for ignoring their requests for help but finding "time to submerge his own head in the trough allegedly at taxpayer expense". VOFF secretary John ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
"This day belongs to every single Victorian, every single Victorian who has followed the rules, stayed the course, worked with me and my team, to bring this second wave to an end." This was what state premier Dan Andrews told all Victorians and the ...

Super SA hires former Elders manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Government fund Super SA has appointed a former Elders regional manager to head up its financial advice offering. Allan Ward has been appointed as senior manager financial advice at the fund. He was previously the regional manager for Elders Financial ...