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Halifax auditors face criminal charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
Audits of defunct stockbroker Halifax have resulted in the first criminal charges ever laid in Australia for failure to comply with auditing standards. EC Audit and its director Robert Evett have been charged with breaches of auditing standards and ...

CFAs not immune to pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
About 15% of CFAs working as investment professionals had a pay cut related to COVID-19, according to a new survey that says pay remained relatively resilient during the pandemic. CFA Institute surveyed 4600 investment professionals from its member ...

Super fee squeeze continues

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
Fifty-six superannuation products dropped their fees in the March quarter, according to Rainmaker Information's analysis of 475 product disclosure statements. Overall, 152 superannuation products updated their PDS's between January and March 2021. Of ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
"Boom boom boom boom!" - Vengaboys The Australian property market should adopt this as its official anthem. The property craze in this Land Down Under is best portrayed by an article in the Daily Telegraph telling the story about "a mouldy 1970s house ...

Global Merces MD cops ASIC ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The corporate regulator has banned Holly Grofski, the managing director of Global Merces Funds Management, from working in financial services for six months. ASIC's banning order is in addition to the criminal charges Grofski is facing, which alleges ...

Pengana Capital distribution executive exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
Pengana Capital has bid farewell to the executive leading the international fund's distribution efforts, exiting not long after two portfolio managers left in March. Joy Yacoub was the executive director of business strategy and distribution, a ...

Jobs to go at AMP Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
With the leadership of AMP Australia's new chief executive Scott Hartley, the business will undertake a restructure which is likely to cost jobs. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that a source claimed 20% of all AMP Australia staff would be made redundant. ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The country hasn't fully opened yet but easing restrictions, increased rate of vaccinations and stronger consumer and business spending combined to speed up the UK's recovery. This is underscored by the latest IHS Markit/CIPS PMI survey. Preliminary ...

ASIC cancels AFSLs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
The corporate regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licences (AFSL) of two providers for failing to lodge audited financial accounts and failing to maintain an AFCA membership. Victorian-based financial services provider and mortgage ...

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
The impact of decelerating coronavirus infections, accelerating vaccination momentum - permitting relaxation of restrictions - sprinkled with generous dashes of fiscal and monetary largesse have been captured in Markit Economics' latest PMI surveys. ...