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Banks throw more businesses a lifeline

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Australia's banks will extend the six-month deferral of loans to 30,000 more businesses, in a bid to assist commercial landlords struggling to do the right thing by their tenants during the crisis. The Australian Banking Association's (ABA) small business ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The Full Federal Court has confirmed the directors of Storm Financial Group breached their duties as directors, dismissing their appeal of ASIC's 2016 decision. The determination wraps up an appeal against the regulator's original decision by ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
This week the world gained some clarity as to the true scale of the impact COVID-19 is likely to have which, in turn, made clearer the challenges the financial services industry will face in combating the pandemic's effects. However, greater uncertainty ...

Whistleblowers rewarded US $570k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... Jordan Belfort being investigated by the SEC. Though in Belfort's case, he was running a scam through a high-pressure call centre.

Global hiring freeze for BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The world's largest asset manager has instituted a global hiring freeze amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "Right now, we are focused on serving our clients and making sure our people are safe, supported and productive as possible," a spokesperson for ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... therefore requires active management, with a focus on cash generation and governance," he said. "Governance has to be front and centre of investment strategy." Isles said sweeping generalisations about corporate governance in other countries should be ...

COVID-19 to hasten merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Latest analysis of Australia's superannuation industry shows COVID-19 may prove the catalyst for small superannuation funds to finally pull the trigger and merge. Rice Warner believes the turmoil experienced across financial services will soon force ...

Why remediation jobs aren't short-term

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... one, you'll never to get it right all the time," Bogg cautioned. "With many companies positioning the customer at the centre of their thinking, it makes perfect sense to retain a structure and experts in place to fix mistakes." ASIC has said its ...

Cbus Property launches new project

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... chief executive, Adrian Pozzo, said: "The Castlereagh site offers a prestigious address with rare historic character in the centre of Sydney." "It provides the opportunity to offer the best of both worlds by both showcasing the heritage and also bringing ...

Australia to lean on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
The superannuation sector has been called on to act as a key pillar in Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the early release of super a central tenet of the government's new policy initiatives. The government's latest suite ...