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CFOs look to hire in second half: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
More than half of Australian chief financial officers have plans to hire for vacated positions in the next six months, up 44% from six months ago, according to specialist recruitment house Robert Half. The new study, conducted online in June, surveyed ...

Credit Suisse fined $575m by regulators

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... the risk arising from Archegos' portfolio. "A confusion of responsibilities and failures to adequately respond when limit breaches were exceeded," it added. "The firms had failed to learn from past similar experiences and had insufficiently addressed ...

Advisers service 120 clients on average

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... average number of clients serviced by any single adviser appears to be slowly but surely approaching Dunbar's cognitive limit of 150, Irene Guiamatsia, head of research at Investment Trends said. "This renders considerations of scale, digital engagement ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
ASIC is taking Vanguard to court over greenwashing allegations relating to a global bond index fund. This is the second time the market regulator has acted against Vanguard over greenwashing. ASIC has lodged civil penalty proceedings in federal court ...

APRA toughens stress testing frequency, valuation stance

KARREN VERGARA, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
The prudential regulator is reinforcing the importance of superannuation funds to conduct more rigorous and frequent stress testing amid the fracas over valuations in the property sector. In updating Prudential Practice Guide SPG 530 Investment Governance ...

ASIC cancels FTX Australia's licence

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of embattled crypto company FTX. The regulator explained that until 12 July 2024 the company may provide limited financial services that relate to the termination of existing derivatives with ...

PE success all about fund selection: Rest

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
Australia's private equity market solidified its position as the fastest-growing sector to boost private capital markets in 2022, following a raising of about $9 billion. When hunting returns off the back of its success, Rest head of private equity ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
ESG alone cannot drive value creation, but ESG integration can be used to gain competitive advantage, according to Prequin. The investment data company's latest survey of limited partners featured in Preqin's ESG in Alternatives 2023 report ...

CFS settles super fees class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
Colonial First State will pay $100 million to settle a class action over fees that were illegally charged to members to pay commissions to financial advisers. The action related to members of CFS FirstChoice and conduct carried out between July 2013 ...

Michele Bullock to be next RBA governor

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... right combination of technical attributes as well. And that will feed into our decision but I don't want to artificially limit it now." The RBA boss may have changed but the economic outlook is still treacherous as inflation continues to be balanced ...