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MLC Wealth risk lead departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
A chief risk officer at MLC Wealth has departed the business, with an acting chief appointed for the interim. Julia Pryor finished in her role as acting chief risk officer for the retirement and investment solutions and platforms division at MLC Wealth ...

Link suffers in COVID environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
Link Group has posted disappointing FY20 results across the board weighed down by tough trading conditions and increased regulatory costs. Compared to last year Link posted a 12% fall in statutory net profit, a 27% fall in operating net profit after ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
Maurice Blackburn wants AMP to hand over documents relating to its handling of sexual harassment complaints before it will consent to the Pahari report being released to the public. Yesterday, AMP said it would publicly release its report into complaints ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has told Financial Standard that the nature of superannuation scams is shifting, having seen a 55% increase in cases of identity theft. The ACCC's national scam awareness week this year is focussed ...

Platform business in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
IFM Investors and Regal backed Spitfire has appointed administrators, as it looks to restructure the group after a shareholder reneged on promised funding. Olvera Advisors' Damien Hodgkinson and Kate Barnet were appointed as joint and several voluntary ...

De Ferrari refuses to discuss Wade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari repeatedly refused to comment on the specific accusations of sexual harassment levelled at members of AMP's leadership team. Following reports that both AMP Capital chief executive Boe Pahari and former AMP ...

ASIC slammed over SMSF data

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics scrutinised ASIC over its SMSF fact sheet in a public hearing reviewing the 2019 ASIC Annual Report. ASIC's SMSF Fact Sheet published last year outlined that the average cost of running ...

Bain Capital begins restructure reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
Virgin will cut 3000 jobs, discontinue budget airline Tigerair, suspend long-haul international flights and simplify its fleet, as Bain Capital begins to restructure its new aviation group. The restructure reckoning focuses on six key areas; overhauling ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
"I see dead people." - The Sixth Sense Coronavirus conspiracy theorists and/or "sovereigns"-- those who refuse to obey government advice and/or restrictions for one reason/cause/principle or another - are getting a bad rap lately. Correction, they've ...

Franklin Templeton completes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Franklin Templeton has officially completed its acquisition of investment manager Legg Mason, creating one of the world's largest specialist managers. Franklin Resources, a global investment management organisation with subsidiaries operating as Franklin ...