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FICAP RockStar raises over $100k for charity partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
An analyst at KPMG took out the top prize at the Finance Industry Community Aid Program's annual RockStar event, which raised more than $100,000 for charity. Performing at The Beresford in Sydney's Surry Hills last night, KPMG senior audit analyst ...

Build Your Wealth adviser cops ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
The owner and financial adviser at Build Your Wealth has been banned from the industry for five years after ASIC found evidence of conflicts of interest. Christopher Edward Luff failed as a financial adviser, according to ASIC's investigation, particularly ...

Eildon confirms talks with Trilogy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Eildon Capital Group flagged that Trilogy Funds is interested in buying "certain assets" from the ASX-listed company but stopped short of confirming a full acquisition. Eildon confirmed it is in discussions with Trilogy relating to a proposed transaction ...

WAM calls to save in-person AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones announced this month a review to consider making temporary changes to the Corporations Act to allow hybrid and virtual-only AGMs permanently, a move which Wilson Asset Management chief executive Geoff Wilson said is ...

MLC investment chief shares portfolio plans

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
MLC chief investment officer Dan Farmer has told an investment forum that while there have been times when diversifying felt like sacrificing returns, it's now being rewarded. For equity markets, a big driver of portfolio returns, Farmer said that MLC ...

ANZ staff axed over treasury bond scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
ANZ has provided an update on its investigations into its Australian Markets business in relation to a 2023 bond transaction. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the bank had been working with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Insignia Financial looks to slash redundancy entitlements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) is calling on Insignia Financial to rethink a proposed overhaul of redundancy pay arrangements after the wealth manager tabled a plan to cut entitlements by more than half. The FSU is currently negotiating a new Enterprise ...

Sequoia chief reappointed, hunt for successor kicks off

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Sequoia Financial Group chief executive Garry Crole has accepted a fixed-term contract that will see him extend his tenure to June 2026, but succession planning efforts are afoot. This fulfills the promise made in a company presentation to investors ...

DG Institute to pay near $20m for misleading courses

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
The Federal Court has ordered Master Wealth Control, also known as DG Institute, to pay $5 million in fines for "making false and misleading representations" to customers in relation to its educational programs, Real Estate Rescue (PER) and Master Wealth ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Investors are preparing for some market turbulence in the US after President Joe Biden pulled out of the race for President against Donald Trump. American Century chief investment officer Rich Weiss said Biden's decision to withdraw as the Democratic ...