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VFMC chair to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
The chair of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation will retire at the end of the month, with an interim replacement appointed. James MacKenzie has served as chair of VFMC since June 2015 but will retire from the board on August 23. During his tenure ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
With the threat of cyber-attacks growing by the day, leadership teams in all areas of financial services are being urged to ramp up cybersecurity protections, with the regulators keeping a keen eye on their efforts. But while major institutions might ...

ASIC acts against illegal investment scheme operator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
ASIC is suing the operator of several unregistered managed investment schemes that, among other investors, targeted SMSF members. Sasha Hopkins, director of The A Team Property Group, is facing civil action for alleged unlicensed conduct and running ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... Agricultural Co (AAC), of which Lewis owns more than 50%, Mirati Therapeutics, Solid Biosciences and BCTG Acquisition Corporation. According to the indictment, following flooding in Queensland in January and February 2019, the AAC board began detailing ...

AI-fuelled narrow market challenges diversification: Epoch

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... account for more than half of the broad index return. Unsurprisingly, these stocks include Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA Corporation, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, and Google. "When looking at the S&P 500 versus the S&P 500 equally weighted index, just Microsoft and ...

Federal Reserve plans upping capital requirements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... coincides with Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) parent company SVB Financial Group suing the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to recover $US1.9 billion which it seized upon takeover in March. SVB Financial Group said an inability to access ...

Equipsuper adds board director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... Management, Catholic Schools NSW, and Screen Canberra. He is also an audit committee member for the Cultural Facilities Corporation that manages the Canberra Theatre Group, the Canberra Museum and Gallery, including the Nolan Collection Gallery and the ...

Commonwealth Super Corp appoints chief customer officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
A new chief customer officer has been named at Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), bringing experience in financial advice, super and insurance. Adam Nettheim has taken on the role, a promotion from his prior role as executive manager, customer ...

Iress expands superannuation leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... agreements with Hostplus and Industry Fund Services. Iress currently has mandates with Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and ESSSuper.

ASIC permanently bans David Sutton

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
ASIC has permanently banned David Sutton from providing any financial services and disqualified him from managing corporations for five years. The regulator also cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of McFaddens Securities, now ...