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Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... the class action or not when they sign their release documents," Macdonald said. He reinforced that the TAA and its members view the class action as a last resort, saying the preference is always to negotiate fair and reasonable outcomes which, so far ...

Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... "People are shunted into this definition because of their employment status." Mennen argued that from an underwriting point of view, changing the level of cover depending on a person's security of employment doesn't have a clear purpose. He said ...

New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... the judicial system. "I do have concerns on the emphasis on securities class actions and litigation funding," she said. "My view is yes, more regulation is required, but along with many other submissions I've read, I don't think the managed investments ...

Chief economist update: Australian outlook under COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... in some countries, and the emergence of second waves in others, also puts a question mark over its relatively optimistic view of global growth. At the end of the day, it's the coronavirus - its death or spread - that will dictate what happens next. ...

Non-bank lender winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... investment manager, advised the fund's responsible entity One Managed Investment Funds to wind up the fund as it took the view the objective had not been accomplished and can't be in the future. "The Fund has not been able to reach an appropriate critical ...

Property winners, losers of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... resilience and have been unaffected by the crisis, he said, creating three distinct types of opportunities. "We're starting to view COVID-19 as creating three levels of investment opportunities - COVID Resilient, COVID Assisted, and COVID Disrupted," ...

Class launches Xplan integration

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... pilot. The data feed will enable financial advisers and accountants to seamlessly share a single, consistent and up to date view of their client's wealth, across both SMSF and non-SMSF entities. Class believes the integration will save advisers and accountants ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... alternative monetary policy options, one of which was negative interest rates. "There has been no change to the board's view that negative interest rates in Australia are extraordinarily unlikely. Our reading of the international evidence is that ...

12 charged in $17m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
A joint-agency investigation into an elaborate $17 million fraud has resulted in charges against 12 people. Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators executed search warrants at 10 locations across Sydney, nine in south-east Queensland and two in ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... to March end. The study found nearly half (48%) of the central banks that increased their exposure to gold did so with the view to replacing negative-yielding debt. "This was seen as the most important reason for moving into gold, more so than commonly-understood ...