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ME Bank faces criminal charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
ME Bank has appeared in Federal Court, facing criminal charges for allegedly making false and misleading representations in letters to its home loan customers. It is also alleged that the bank failed to provide written notice about annual interest rate ...

Monster trade in BlackRock's IOZ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
A mystery buyer bought $370 million worth of IOZ units, in a trade size not often seen in Australian ETFs. IOZ tracks the ASX S&P 200 and the trade arrived pre-market open on Friday. Citi handled the trade and confirmed it was involved and facilitated ...

Mason Stevens grows distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
Mason Stevens hired a sales director to oversee two states, joining the boutique after a long career at Macquarie Group. Andrew Vong joined Mason Stevens as a sales director for New South Wales and Queensland in a newly created role. Vong spent over ...

Older investors, women flock to crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
Young males no longer make up the majority of cryptocurrency investors, with older Australians and women investing large amounts, according to BTC Markets. BTC Markets' Investor Report FY20-21 showed almost one in four crypto investors are over the ...

Former Vocus chair charged with insider trading

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
A Uniti Group executive director and the former Vocus Group chair was charged with insider trading for dumping his Vocus shares after he knew an acquisition of the company was unlikely to go ahead. Following an ASIC investigation, Vaughan Bowen was ...

Verve Super taps investors for $2.6m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
The start-up superannuation fund has raised $2.6 million, with Carol Schwartz coming on board as one of the investors. Verve said the raise attracted female investors including philanthropist and AI Media chair Deanne Weir, human rights lawyer Dalit ...

PNG regulator denies Westpac Pacific sale

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
Papua New Guinea's consumer regulator, the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC), has denied Westpac's sale of its Pacific business to Kina Securities. Kina Securities was set to pay $420 million for Westpac Fiji and 89.91% of Westpac ...

HESTA to support young women in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
The $64 billion industry fund has partnered with Girls of Impact to encourage young women to consider careers in financial services where women are historically underrepresented. The collaboration will highlight opportunities and pathways in areas that ...

Investors demand credible climate information

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
Retail investors would have greater confidence in sustainability information it was subject to independent assurance, new research shows. The Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) Investor Confidence Survey recorded 87% of investors ...

Auditor referral threshold test troubling: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The SMSF Association is concerned that the introduction of a 20% threshold for auditor referral fees does not address at what point in time the threshold test must be considered or applied. The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board introduced ...