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ANZ to pay $57.5m to settle class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... class action related to certain interest charged on specific ANZ personal credit cards in the period from 1 July 2010 to 1 January 2019. As part of the settlement, ANZ will pay $57.5 million, which is covered by a provision held at 30 September 2023. ...

US Federal Reserve eyes multiple interest rate cuts this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... particularly volatile, with financial markets expecting the Fed to cut policy rates at least six times this year. "The hot January and February inflation and jobs reports prompted markets to significantly revise their expectations, bringing them in line ...

ASIC bans Queensland financial adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... and from controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business. ASIC said that between February 2021 and January 2023, while an authorised representative and responsible manager of Octillion Partner Pty Ltd, Rose recommended six self-managed ...

Inaugural CSLR levy slugs advisers $18.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... making advice more accessible and affordable for consumers, which is the stated aim of our government." The CSLR board in January provisioned for $241 million to fund the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) claims between November 2018 and ...

MFS Investment Management appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
MFS Investment Management has named Alison O'Neil as its new chief investment officer, starting from 1 January 2025. O'Neil will oversee MFS's 300-person investment team, including fixed income, quantitative solutions, and global treading ...

Selfwealth expands leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... outcomes." Meantime, Samantha Powell is now head of marketing and communication at the broker platform. She joined in January from Pallas Capital. She has previously worked at the likes of Vanguard, NAB, BT and Macquarie. "We welcome Samantha's strategic ...

Centuria raises $50m for new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... College Hill located in Auckland to refurbish and convert it to a premium storage facility and then sell the property. In January, it bought a $21.5 million greenhouse farm based in South Australia. Centuria reported a drop in operating net profit after ...

HESTA names head of investment execution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... previously worked at U Ethical for two years as a portfolio manager of fixed income and cash before joining the super fund in January.

Bitcoin hits fresh high as investors await halving event

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... crypto ETNs this week and spot Bitcoin ETFs being approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US in January. Financial behemoths BlackRock, Invesco and Fidelity were among 11 spot Bitcoin ETF issuers that received the much-awaited ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... listed trading below book value (versus ~47% in Japan)," Main and Ho said. In China, the first signs of reform started in January 2023, when the state assets regulator (SASAC) announced the introduction of Return-on-Equity as a metric for management ...