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Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... client during the receivership of Maliver and Caddick's property. While liquidators distributed $3 million to victims in August, it is purported that Caddick fleeced investors, family, and friends of more than $23 million. During the process of acting ...

Impact of debt on retiree confidence a mixed bag

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... Income Report was based on a quantitative online survey of 10,604 retirees and non-retirees and conducted between July and August 2023.

'Significant deficiencies' lead APRA to act against NGS Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... the decision to implement the additional conditions follow an internal report prepared by NGS's internal auditor in August 2022 and an independent review undertaken in April of this year at APRA's request following the attack. "The reviews identified ...

VFMC selects new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... Corporation has named Lisa Gay as its new chair. The appointment follows the retirement of long-serving chair James McKenzie in August. At that time, Gay was selected to serve as chair on an interim basis. Now, she has been named McKenzie's permanent ...

Pendal manager joins Barings

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... Commonwealth Bank as a product manager for business clients. Her appointment follows the hiring of Aaron Thirukumar in August. The Dimensional Fund Advisers' regional director joined Barings to run institutional sales. Both Cowley and Thirukumar ...

'Should have known better': AAT tells auditor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... for auditing her own husband's SMSF has seen her disqualification upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). In August 2022, Janette Townshend was found to have breached independence requirements by auditing a fund where her spouse was a member ...

Morningstar cops greenwashing fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... Diversa Trustees, Vanguard Investments Australia, and Active Super have recently engaged in greenwashing practices. In August, ASIC filed a suit against Active Super for, among other issues, allegedly investing in Russian assets after the invasion of ...

ASIC forced to pay James Mawhinney's legal costs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... Mawhinney in "significantly greater jeopardy." ASIC must now pay all costs incurred by Mawhinney between 30 May 2023 and 31 August 2023. Mayfair 101 described this outcome as "a significant step forward" in ensuring its clients are made whole. About ...

Perth Mint enters voluntary enforceable undertaking

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... AUSTRAC to improve compliance with Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws. In August, the financial crimes regulator ordered the appointment of an external auditor to Gold Corporation, which trades as The ...

Robo-adviser reaches US$50bn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... time. Wealthfront's close rival Betterment had over US$40 billion ($61bn) in AUM and some 800,000 investors at the end of August. Also a major player in the automated investing space, Vanguard's Personal Advisor Services, a hybrid human and digital ...