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Fiducian's FUA inches to $4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... directors of the fund received bonuses tied to the performance of the group, as well as KPIs. One director received $20,000 as a bonus. Earlier in the session, big super funds like Aware Super rewarded its chief investment officer with $250,000 bonus ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
According to Kaizen Recruitment, which specialises in financial services, lockdowns have not cooled a hot job market for finance professionals. The recruitment firm said positive momentum from the first quarter of 2021 only accelerated into the second ...

Aware questioned on bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... investment officer Damien Graham what bonuses they were paid in the most recent financial year. Graham revealed he was paid a bonus of $470,000 and Stewart said her bonus was $250,000. According to the Australian Financial Review, in financial year 2019 ...

Funds grilled despite record returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
AustralianSuper and Cbus faced an extremely hostile questioning from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, which at times devolved to committee members yelling over one another. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and Cbus ...

ASIC takes action against Equiti

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... Equiti FS's parent company Equiti Group. The group also had a mortgage broking business Equiti Finance. ASIC alleges that the bonus payments influenced the financial product advice provided or the choice of financial product recommended by Equiti FS ...

QSuper makes changes ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... protection payment reduced by any workers compensation benefit that is paid at the same time. A graduated return to work bonus lump sum payment is being removed. This feature was an optional payment under the policy. From 1 July the removal of this bonus ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Wall Street benchmark equity indices closed on the up and up on May 7 - the Dow and the S&P 500 index even rallied new record highs -- the same day the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed disappointing labour market stats. The US economy added ...

Proxy advisers under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... should be on the table about how decisions that impact people's lives are made." Ownership Matters recommended voting against bonus arrangements for Reed when he was chief executive of MYOB in 2018. Former chief executive of explosives manufacturer Orica ...

Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
The former chief executive of TAL has slammed life insurers' ineptitude in managing disability income products, invoking the industry to come together and find a solution by the end of the year. Speaking at the 2021 Actuaries Summit on Wednesday ...

Credit Suisse confirms multibillion-dollar loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
Credit Suisse has announced the departure of several senior staff members while confirming a $6.13 billion loss, reportedly linked to the collapse of family office Archegos Capital. Credit Suisse said it expects to incur a pre-tax Q1 loss of $1.25 billion ...