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A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... best interests duty would see the industry return to "the bad old days that allowed scandals like those involving Commonwealth Financial Planning and Storm Financial to occur." "This would be an incredible disappointment to the victims of financial advice ...

Remediation bills revealed amid call for levy freeze extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... of Australia calls for an extension to the adviser levy freeze. The figure is the total from ASIC show AMP, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie, NAB and Westpac's respective remediation programs that were commenced following the regulator's reviews into ...

NGS Super chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... having joined from AMP where she was senior manager, trustee governance. She also held roles at Suncorp, Perpetual and Commonwealth Bank. NGS Super is currently recruiting for a permanent replacement.

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
HESTA has joined calls for superannuation to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave entitlements, saying modelling shows it could see a mother of two retire with $14,000 more in her account. The super fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations ...

Unlicensed forex trader extradited from Poland

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... Court yesterday and was remanded in custody, to appear again on September 2. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

Commonwealth Bank profit nears $10bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) reported its cash net profit has risen 11% to $9.6 billion and its net profit increased 9% to $9.7 billion since last year. The banking giant said home loans, up 7.4%, contributed to the strong earnings as well as growth in core ...

Financial abuse linked to violence: CBA, UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
Commonwealth Bank and the UNSW Generated Violence Research Network (GVRN) partnership commented on findings showing economic and financial abuse is linked to domestic and family violence. Statistics show that one in four women and one in 13 men have ...

Four investment specialists join Resolution Life

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... management leader. Coleman is an experienced investor with more than 20 years' experience, including previous roles at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in global markets and treasury. Also joining is William Bahramali, who will also take on the role ...

Office for Women combats financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... investors, the guide says. Further illustrating the growing importance of corporate participation, a collaborative Commonwealth Bank and Deloitte report found that while financial abuse is becoming an increasingly recognised form of partner violence ...

Government moves to amend military super benefits tax

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... of year tax liabilities that would have occurred for some of the affected veterans. It will also allow the ATO and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) to include the impact of the new offset in determining fortnightly tax withholding, to address ...