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More SMSF auditors disqualified

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
On top of reporting statistics about its SMSF auditor action this week, ASIC has disqualified a further two auditors. John Gilliland and Douglas Coghlan, both from Queensland, have been disqualified for breaching independence requirements. ASIC found ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Bennelong Funds Management, Colonial First State, Crescent Wealth, Magellan Asset Management, Natixis, Robeco and Westpac. This week we ask whether you're confident with your cybersecurity protection. View this week's poll here.

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... equality debate obsolete in the workplace, even in the hypermasculine sector of financial services. Speaking at SIBOS this week, Rachel Cooper, professor in Gender, Work and Employment Relations at the University of Sydney Business School, said that ...

Assistant Treasurer refutes breach allegations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Day about media reports which claimed Robert remained a director of alternative health company Cryo Australia until this week, despite informing the Parliament he had quit the board upon returning to the ministry. When asked whether ASIC would make any ...

Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... business models have the power to disrupt financial services. Appearing on a panel at the SIBOS conference in Sydney this week, State Street head of sector solutions and consultant relations Sinclair Scholfield said there is a lot of complacency in asset ...

The rise of challenger banks in Australia: SIBOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... and xinja mount plans to disrupt the banking oligopoly in Australia. Speaking at the SIBOS Conference held in Sydney this week, senior heads at the three challenger banks spoke about how changing customer needs, fintech and - for the local market - the ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... whereby employers think they can escape penalty. Testimony from the ATO at the Senate Estimates committee for economics this week included the regulator saying it routinely waives all employer penalties for the late payment of super under Part 7 of the ...

Magellan boosts retail push for Airlie

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... to early next year," Magellan Financial Group's new chief executive Brett Cairns told an investor roadshow in Sydney this week. Magellan acquired Airlie Funds Management in February when the boutique managed about $6 billion in Aussie equities for institutional ...

Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... return for Australian direct real estate was 11.7%, evenly split between capital growth and income return," he said. This week we ask what you think about the moves made by numerous fund managers and pension funds to divest tobacco-related assets.

Revised penalties come down hard on white collar crime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
The Federal Government will this week introduce legislation into parliament to increase the penalties for white collar crimes. In a media release on Sunday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said criminal penalties were set to double in some cases, while civil ...