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ISPT adds to leadership team

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... engagement and portfolio management skills to the team. He joins from AMP Capital where he served in the managing director role for six years. He's also held senior leadership roles at Charter Hall and The GPT Group, and Colliers International. In ...

Maritime Super slapped with infringement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... investment partnership actually resulted in increased investment costs for 77% of Maritime members and higher investment fees for six of Maritime's 11 investment options. To comply with two infringement notices on the issue, Maritime paid a total ...

Six cases brought against Westpac now finalised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
The six Federal Court cases brought against Westpac by ASIC late last year have been finalised, with the banking giant to pay a total of $113 million in penalties. A decision in the final of the six matters, all overseen by Justice Beach, was handed ...

Cyber attacks scare directors: WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
Company directors are understandably spooked by the threat of cyber attacks, extortion and ransomware, a survey has found. The new survey from Willis Towers Watson and Clyde & Co identified the key risks for directors and officers of companies. Cyber-attacks ...

Westpac giving away BT super business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... program with customer refunds, repayments, associated costs, and litigation penalties rising by $65 million. This includes the six longstanding matters filed by ASIC in November 2021. Overall, Westpac expects a first half net reduction in profit and ...

Heffron adds head of product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... product, hiring from BT. Kate Sheringham has joined Heffron in the newly created role, moving on from BT where she spent the last six years as national manager, SMSF products. In the new role, Sheringham joins Heffron's executive team an is responsible ...

Vale Tom McDonald

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... BUSS (which merged with an allied fund AUST in 1994 to become Cbus). McDonald was a founding trustee director of BUSS. Within six months, BUSS had 800 employers and 30,000 members. Under McDonald's leadership, his union campaigned for a wage increase ...

BT Funds Management fined $20m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... event where they had elected to have the financial adviser component removed from their account. This case was one of the six filed by ASIC at once in November 2021 and the first to see a judgement. In handing down his decision, Justice Beach made note ...

Tax Practitioners Board adds two new members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... and Julianne Jacques. Lewis ends his appointment having been a member of the board since 2015 and Jacques is retiring after six years of service.

ASIC takes Federal Court action against Macquarie Bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... unauthorised withdrawals by now convicted former financial adviser Ross Andrew Hopkins. Last year Hopkins was sentenced to a six-year imprisonment term for the misappropriation of his clients' funds for his own benefit. He pleaded guilty to 15 dishonesty ...