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Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... best paid non-executive director in the land, owing to the $1.8 million he earns across his directorships at Woolworths, Origin Energy and Macquarie.

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
News that a highly anticipated antiviral drug hoped to treat COVID-19 had flopped in human trials saw markets fall overnight. Originally reported by the Financial Times, the publisher said Gilead Sciences antiviral drug remdesivir did not reduce the ...

Industry fund redeploys executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
An industry superannuation fund has shuffled the roles of two of its senior management, elevating one to its executive line-up. Christian Super has moved its chief member officer Nathan Buttigieg into the role of chief - operations and product. As of ...

Citi hires new investment banking head from Deutsche

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Citi has appointed a new head of investment banking for Australia and New Zealand from Deutsche Bank Australia, while also announcing new co-heads of local equity capital markets. Alex Cartel was most recently Deutsche Bank Australia's head of investment ...

ETF demand boosts gold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
A strong demand for ETFs coupled with the world's original safe haven has driven gold ETFs to record highs. Rainmaker research shows that assets under management in gold ETFs has increased around 45.8% in the period from December 2019 to March 2020. ...

QSuper board takes AFCA decision to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
QSuper has appealed against an AFCA decision favouring a member complaint seeking a refund on insurance premiums in the Federal Court. QSuper member Tommy Lam last year successfully complained to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) ...

ASIC demands compliance despite COVID-19

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The corporate regulator is warning companies keep their control framework in-line when working from home, after control failures led a betting agency to open a market covering the performance of the S&P/ASX 200 index. ASIC has publicly chided Sportsbet ...

Major regulatory efforts delayed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
ASIC has been forced to delay several major pieces of its regulatory workload in order to effectively deal with the challenges of COVID-19. The corporate regulator has deferred several significant regulatory projects which were set to shake up financial ...

ASIC provides relief around early super access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
ASIC has announced three temporary measures to assist the industry with providing affordable and timely advice during the COVID-19 crisis. It has also confirmed it is delaying its work on grandfathered conflicted remuneration and life insurance advice. ...

Isolated advisers enter the digital age

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
In an industry known for its reliance on pen and paper, financial advisers have been quick to pivot their business models in the face of COVID-19 and embrace technology. For tech-savvy advisers the COVID-19 spurred shutdown will likely see no material ...