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Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... Bad news for the bulls and risk assets. That was until the Fed's September 21-22 FOMC meeting. This time it became a case of heads, bulls win; tails bears lose. In its statement, the Fed noted that America's economy 'has made progress" towards ...

Adviser overwhelm explained

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... "There are some people who are really feeling reform fatigue. There may be others who say, 'no, I'm fine'. If that's the case we'd love to hear what you do to meditate." Anderson reflected on the decade since the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform ...

BlackRock warns against reforms based on assumptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... concerns around common ownership assume fund managers are incentivised to favour reduced competition, but this isn't the case. BlackRock said: "Fund managers fundamentally don't have an incentive to favour reduced competition in a sector, as ...

Common ownership concerns redundant: AustralianSuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... can demonstrate they're doing that, then we will be allocating more capital," he said. "But if that ceases to be the case, we will either be changing the people who are managing the money internally or reviewing whether we continue with the model ...

Criminal charges filed against CBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... were not available. ASIC referred the matter to the Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions, which will prosecute the case in the Federal Court. The alleged conduct from CBA that is the subject of these charges was revealed during the Royal Commission ...

BNP Paribas launches sustainable trusts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... AMAU is thrilled to offer additional capabilities that meet investor demand for sustainable investment solutions, and in the case of the China Equity Trust, provide investors with exposure to a key driver of global economic growth," BNP Paribas Asset ...

DDO nil-reporting rule scrapped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... The looming DDO regime, due to commence on October 5, essentially requires product manufacturers and distributors (in this case advisers) to keep the customer front and centre and consider three things: the objectives and needs of consumers, and their ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... Australia's political system. "Raising and broadening the GST in favour of lower corporate and personal income taxes is a case in point, as is the idea that Australia will suddenly reconsider a broad-carbon tax," he said. The survey also called for a ...

ME Bank faces criminal charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... stepping into the position. A spokesperson for Bank of Queensland said: "Bank of Queensland Group (BOQ Group) can confirm a case management hearing in the Federal Court occurred on 14 September 2021 in relation to proceedings against ME Bank for alleged ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is concerned but not alarmed at the growing cases of Delta variant infections that's wreaking havoc on the lives and livelihood in Australia's two biggest states - New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC). ...