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Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Wall Street wants to have its cake and eat it too. It wants both a return to pre-pandemic normal - with all the growth and activity and employment and profitability that came with it - while at the same time wishing, hopin' and prayin' for Biden's ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The corporate regulator continues to hunt down perpetrators that give bad advice to self-managed super funds, sounding a warning that it is flexing its new powers in superannuation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press told the recent SMSF Association's ...

Count Financial expands national reach

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
Count Financial has announced three new firms have been added to its national network of advice businesses. Plan Protect and YS Financial Planning from Sydney and Financial Stability from Melbourne are the three newest firms in the CountPlus-owned licensee. ...

Aussie super funds and Biden's US infra push

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
The Biden administration is putting a $3 trillion infrastructure investment opportunity on the table, which superannuation funds should seize. This is according to Australia's ambassador to the US Arthur Sinodinos, who flagged that the largest capital ...

Financial sector has deep pockets for philanthropy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
A new philanthropic report finds that ASX-listed financial firms were among the largest donors that gave generously to the coronavirus and bushfire appeals. An analysis by Strive Philanthropy found the largest ASX-listed companies pledged $1.1 billion ...

Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
It's beginning to look a lot like the Eurozone economy wouldn't be able to dodge a double-dip recession given tighter and/or extended coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns remain in place in many of its member countries. Eurozone GDP fell into ...

AMP Capital still being dressed up for sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
With the sale of AMP Capital still on the table, AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari has addressed the asset management business' cultural issues and hinted at who would take over its leadership. De Ferrari assumed direct leadership of AMP ...

NAB hires new executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
Westpac's chief information officer has jumped ship to take up the same role at NAB. NAB told Industry Moves it has appointed Anastasia Cammaroto as chief information officer, personal banking, within the NAB technology and enterprise operations ...

The trouble with best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The best financial interests duty reform has major loopholes and lacks guidance from regulators, leading to major confusion for superannuation trustees. The fourth element of the proposed Your Future, Your Super reforms should be abandoned, according ...

Rest extends State Street relationship

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The $59 billion industry fund has mandated its custodian State Street to streamline operations in its investment portfolio. Rest will implement Charles River Development Investment Management Solution (IMS) for in-house investments and 'whole-of-fund' ...