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Parliamentary committee hears KPMG assumed 'conflicting engagements knowingly'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
A public accountability committee that inquired and reported on the Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE) has uncovered several damaging findings, including that KPMG engagements were 'rife with conflict'. The TAHE has been the subject of serious accounting ...

Cryptocurrency lender Helio charged for false credit licence claims

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... representative of an ACL holder. The matter is next listed for mention on 7 July 2022 in the Melbourne Magistrate's Court. In a release, ASIC said that ACLs are required to undertake credit activity and that strict penalties can apply to those who unlawfully ...

Key investor trends unveiled in latest IFM report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
Industry superannuation fund owned IFM Investors has today released a report which expects decarbonisation to accelerate, with the energy transition driving greater investment in emission reduction programs. The report, Resilience and Transition: Infrastructure ...

FSC offers guidance on divesting Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released guidance to assist super funds and fund managers in divesting Russian assets. Despite superannuation funds only having a small exposure to Russian investments in the context of the $3.5 trillion superannuation ...

GAM loses insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
The investment manager has disclosed the loss of a substantial institutional mandate and, in a separate matter, seen the details of a 2018 misconduct investigation aired by the UK regulator. Overnight GAM International announced an unnamed institutional ...

Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... government to investigate the extent to which women were coerced into withdrawing their superannuation under the Early Release of Super scheme in 2020 and 2021. "This information is critical in informing future policy decisions and avoiding unintentionally ...

More super, less tinkering: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) today released research which found 81% of Australians believe more money should be saved for their retirement, not less. When a full list of national issues were proposed to respondents, government ...

New scaled advice offering launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
A new digital, scalable financial advice solution has launched to help advisers cater to those who don't require a comprehensive offering. Scientiam, founded by Arch Capital managing director Nigel Baker, aims to assist advisers in servicing clients ...

ASIC releases latest adviser exam results

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
Just 32% of the financial advisers that sat the exam in February have passed. Releasing the results of the February exam on Friday, ASIC said 32.4% or 108 of the 333 advisers in the sitting were successful. Of the February candidates, 73% were sitting ...

Key Budget measure won't help economy: Academic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... trust comprised of people from all walks of life - including economists." In this scenario, the board of trustees would release a parallel budget of long-term projects on both a macroeconomic and microeconomic level. "This would ensure a long-term vision ...