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Billionaire receives death penalty for embezzlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... billionaire property developer has been sentenced to death for embezzling US$12.5 billion - the country's largest case of financial fraud, several reports show. The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday handed down the death sentence to ...

FCA issues notices to Link Fund Solutions, Woodford

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) investigation into the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF) finds that the failures of Link Fund Solutions (LFS) and "star stock picker" Neil Woodford ultimately led to the fund's demise, leading to the ...

Proxy advisors have 'undue influence': Jamie Dimon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... clients and with companies while helping to build trust between shareholders, investors and companies," he said. Note: Financial Standard is owned and published by ISS.

ASIC challenges court ruling in Finder Wallet crypto case

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... dismiss its proceedings against Finder Wallet. The corporate watchdog claimed that Finder Wallet provided unlicensed financial services, breached product disclosure requirements, and failed to comply with design and distribution obligation for its now ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... covered by its licence; ensure that its representatives were adequately trained; maintain the competence to provide financial services covered by its AFS licence; take responsible steps to ensure representatives complied with the law; and do all things ...

Court approves wind up of Prospero Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... way to ensure their funds are recovered. Prospero's AFSL was suspended in December 2023 after it failed to lodge its financial accounts. The investigation was sparked by an Australian Federal Police operation that saw several of Prospero's former officers ...

Equity Trustees welcomes new chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
EQT Holdings has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer as Philip Gentry prepares to step down. Johanna Platt is set to take on the role, effective 22 July 2024. Gentry announced he would be stepping down from the position back in ...

DWS appoints new local chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... the liquid real assets business in APAC as head of real estate securities, APAC. Tomova has 20 years of experience in financial services having worked with DWS since 2018. Prior to that she worked with Deutsche since 2005 both in Australia and the UK. ...

Mercury Capital acquires KKR's stake in Findex

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... "... this partnership enhances our ability to respond to the urgent need for cost-effective, high-quality, integrated financial advice across Australia and New Zealand," Findex chief executive Matt Games said. "Our scale and record of outstanding investment ...

GBST develops private equity platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... enabled a rapid market entry which was one of Luna Partners' main goals," he said. "It's the combination of our teams' financial services and digital expertise that enables this kind of incredible innovation." Luna Partners co-founder Edward Caser said ...