Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 771 - 780 of 3803 results for "APPEA"

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
Australia has bounced back from the economic grips of the pandemic and suffered mildly compared to other countries, but the recovery will soon slow, according to the OECD. The OECD's Economic Survey of Australia projected GDP growth of 4.0% in 2021 ...

ME Bank faces criminal charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
ME Bank has appeared in Federal Court, facing criminal charges for allegedly making false and misleading representations in letters to its home loan customers. It is also alleged that the bank failed to provide written notice about annual interest rate ...

Criminal charges in property investor collapse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The collapse of a property investment group, Members Alliance and Benchmark, has resulted in 72 criminal charges. Last week, Richard Marlborough, Colin MacVicar, David Domingo, Liam Young and John Ramsden appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged ...

APRA intensifies scrutiny of underperformers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
The prudential regulator is cracking down further on the superannuation funds that failed the performance test, chair Wayne Byres warned this morning. Last week, APRA named 13 super funds that failed its inaugural performance test. The House of Representatives ...

Office workers burnt out: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
New research from The Adecco Group Australia, released for R U OK? Day, has revealed that Australian office workers are the most burnt out in the world. More than half (53%) of Australian respondents say they suffered from burnout in the last 12 months ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Sixteen of Australia's pension funds are among the world's largest, with the Asia Pacific region clocking the largest rate of growth last year despite COVID-19. New research from the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments shows the assets ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Super funds may be able to access an income stream from the federal government for investments in affordable housing under a new scheme, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has heard. Appearing at the conference ...

HESTA defines perfect merger partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
For any super funds eyeing the $64 billion industry fund as a potential merger partner, its chief investment officer has outlined the criteria they'd have to meet. Sonia Sawtell-Rickson appeared in a session at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Former adviser hit with criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
After breaching his ASIC banning order, a former financial adviser is facing criminal charges. Lawrence Toledo, who is a former representative of Sentinel Private Wealth, has been charged with breaching a financial services banning order on three occasions ...

ASIC to ease hardline stance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
The federal government is expecting ASIC to tone down its regulatory powers even though the Hayne Royal Commission exposed its ineffectiveness at enforcing corporate law. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg overnight released a new set of expectations ...