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Corporate advisor charged over $2m theft

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... seven years' imprisonment or 10 if the person deceived is 60 or over. This matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and has been adjourned to 16 September 2022.

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... said. "This government will use every lever at its disposal - including tax, planning, supply, or working with the Commonwealth - to give more people in NSW the opportunity to own their own home." Legislation to establish the property tax will be introduced ...

Barred adviser breaches ASIC order

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... SMSF. Toledo entered his plea and was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court. The matter was prosecuted by the Commonwealth director of public prosecutions after a referral of a brief of evidence from ASIC.

Defective disclosures see Avanteos Investments fined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
The former Commonwealth Bank subsidiary will pay a penalty of $1.71 million for failing to update defects in its disclosure documents related to charging fees to super members after they'd died. This marks the first criminal prosecution for failing ...

Queen's honours highlight industry veterans, ESG experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
Several well-known names in the financial services industry, past and present, were recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours. Awarded in the General Division of the Order of Australia was former Superannuation Trust of Australia (STA) and ...

Banks flag imminent consecutive double rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
Commonwealth Bank and Westpac economists have predicted the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to bump up official rates to 1.35% when it next meets in July; NAB and ANZ believe there will be another double hike in the next two months. Quickly following ...

Jarden appoints head of emerging companies research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... Brownette has over 10 years' experience in equities research, most recently at CLSA and Deutsche Bank and seven years at Commonwealth Bank Institutional Equities, covering gaming, industrials and emerging companies. In his new role, Brownette will work ...

CountPlus names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... roles at some of the largest institutions. Prior to NAB, Humphrey was executive general manager, wealth management at Commonwealth Bank and, prior to that, oversaw Commonwealth Financial Planning and BankWest Financial Advice. He also spent close to ...

Commonwealth Bank makes raft of new appointments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
Eight people across institutional banking and markets have been promoted to the level of managing director at Commonwealth Bank. CBA's group executive of institutional banking and markets Andrew Hinchliff made the announcement in an internal meeting. ...

NFP funds dominate retiree super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... funds by retiree assets being Colonial First State, AustralianSuper, Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust and Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme. The other funds are AMP Super, BT, MLC Super, UniSuper and Commonwealth Super Corp's PSS. Interestingly ...