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ASIC bans former NAB, Westpac adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... persuaded clients to switch products, such as inaccurate fee comparison tables, and convinced them their existing insurer did not offer income protection insurance when it did. Clients incidentally paid "substantially more" for new products than what ...

Unlisted property top performer in 2017: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... asset classes," he said. Australian Unity head of commercial property Mark Lumby said: "The performance of our funds is driven not only by market conditions but also through the application of our experience and active asset management, which includes ...

ASIC seeks Deloitte to liquidate SMSF business

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... liquidation is justified because Superfunded is no longer operational and cannot resume operations without appropriate licensing; is not managing the Superfunded Trust; is not ensuring investment loans are being serviced; and "has what appear to be inadequate ...

Is risk advice at risk?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... buy life insurance direct from providers. However, recent research from both Roy Morgan and NobleOak suggests that this may not be an issue. According to Roy Morgan's latest Source Survey, in the 12 months to November 2017, just 7.3% of current life ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
Not a single soul could argue with ECB President Mario Draghi's assessment that "euro area economy is expanding robustly" and neither with his self-congratulatory remark that "our measures have put the euro area economy on a solid growth pathway, driven ...

Most investors shun credit ratings: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... don't rely on the recommendations of credit rating agencies - 39% of these participants strongly believe credit ratings are "not important." Only one-in-four (26%) said the role rating agencies play is "very important" or "important." Since the global ...

KPMG sells $2bn super admin business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
KPMG has entered into an agreement to sell its superannuation administration business, which has about $2 billion in funds under management. KPMG Superannuation Services was established in 1989, initially for a single superannuation fund client. This ...

Industry fund boosts property team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... fund is pleased to have Spagnol on board. "Her extensive property and consulting experience means she is a valuable addition not just for the private markets team, but also the broader Cbus investment team," he said. Likewise, Spagnol said she is delighted ...

Don't time equity returns with interest rates: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
New research dispelling the positive correlation between interest rates and equity returns warns investors not to base investment strategies on this myth. The research analysed the relationship between the official cash rate, government bond yields ...

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... we could do". We've gone a long way from Alan Greenspan's, "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant". Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker ...