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Suncorp wage scandal comes to a head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
Suncorp has signed an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman and reimbursed its staff with a back-payment of $32 million, inclusive of interest and superannuation. Suncorp underpaid nearly 16,000 employees between May 2014 and March 2022. ...

Fraudulent property director charged

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
Michael David Steele has been charged with seven counts of fraud after he misled 14 investors into using their superannuation and other savings to invest a property development. Following an investigation, ASIC is alleging that between May 2016 and ...

Bank of Queensland slapped with EU

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
APRA and AUSTRAC have agreed to a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) following weakness in the bank's risk management and money laundering controls. APRA said it's acted following several beaches or its prudential standards and a review that ...

BT names distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
BT has named its new head of distribution to fill the role vacated last December. Jason Brown, who has been head of distribution in an acting capacity, officially takes the post. He was previously the head of account management for nearly five years ...

Finfluencers bridge financial advice gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
One year since ASIC forced finfluencers to obtain a general advice licence or else, finfluencers playing by the rules are reaching financially illiterate and disengaged Australians in a way that traditional advice has failed to. Finfluencers backed ...

Viridian picks up advice firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
Viridian Financial Group has acquired a Queensland-based boutique advice firm, with plans to leverage its use of video Statements of Advice (SoAs). Viridian has acquired Enlightened Financial Solutions, founded by chief executive and Financial Standard ...

QIC secures stake in smart metering company

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has entered a joint venture that gives it a 50% stake in a company that provides gas and electricity metering solutions. Vector, a New Zealand electricity and gas distributor, has offloaded half ownership of its ...

Super funds back new renewables platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
Aware Super and HESTA are among those to back Palisade Investment Partners' newly established renewable energy platform, combining five of its operational renewable energy assets. Palisade has launched Intera Renewables, which will focus on a combination ...

Bank of Queensland names Frazis replacement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
Current chairman Patrick Allaway has been named as Bank of Queensland's (BOQ) new managing director and chief executive for the period up to December 2024. The temporary appointment comes after former chief executive George Frazis departed suddenly ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
The four-day workweek wave has hit Australian shores and its many advocates believe it can play a major role in closing the gender pay gap in retirement. This month, Labor and Greens senators backed a recommendation by the Senate work and care committee ...