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Australia only needs 15 super funds: Consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... currently operate. "An idealised structure for the superannuation system would have three to five generalist mega-funds and seven to 10 specialised funds, with no fewer than 500,000 members," Right Lane's report reads. "Under this system, those who currently ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... added that workers were the forgotten element in the Royal Commission. Of the eight FSU members to take part in this report, seven work at the big four banks and one works at a mutual bank. "So what happens to workers in Australian banks when the ethics ...

Adviser banned for five years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
A financial adviser who cycled through seven AFSLs in nine years has been banned after ASIC found he provided poor SMSF advice and based insurance advice on the commission he'd receive. The five-year ban follows ASIC surveillance of advice provided ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... across the globe. All Abe was constitutionally allowed to do when he first declared the state of emergency on April 7 in seven prefectures (and later expanded to all of Japan on April 16) was invoke the Japanese' sense of community spirit and asked ...

Former CBA executive nabs industry body lead role

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... insurance industry as its readies itself to face the challenges of the COVID-19 recovery. Hall's illustrious career spans seven years with CBA as its executive general manager of corporate affairs where he was responsible for the bank's corporate ...

Australia approaches fiscal cliff: UBS

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... -0.9% during the prior two weeks and the 6.3% slump during the three weeks before that. "The total cumulative fall over the seven weeks since March 14 is now 7.3%," it said. However, this data may modestly overstate the change in employed people - as ...

Gender diversity improves, cultural diversity falls: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... "An analysis on the qualifications of ASX 300 board members and directors found that four per cent of men had PhDs, while seven per cent of women had PhDs," it said. "It found 17% of men had an MBA, while 22% of women had an MBA. And governance qualifications ...

March ASX200 volatility worse than GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... according to new research from Allan Gray. Nine trading days in March showed volatility above 10% for S&P/ASX 200, with seven of them being consecutive days. During the GFC (between 2007 and 2009), there were only four trading days with greater than ...

Industry fund reshuffles leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... manager at Tyro Payments and senior manager, wealth risk management at Commonwealth Bank. Earlier in his career, Theng spent seven years at Westpac working in risk. Nair will support Mine Super chief executive Harry Mitchell in his new role. Mitchell ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
Consumer trust in Australia's big four banks has made headways during the COVID-19 crisis, yet despite the improvement they still don't make the top 10. Surveying 1250 Australians in relation to 31 banks, the Australian Banking Brand and Trust index ...