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CommInsure sale stalls, sold for discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
The Commonwealth Bank will sell its life insurance business for $150 million less than originally agreed as the sale experiences delays and regulatory roadblocks. The banking group today announced its divestment of CommInsure Life to AIA Group is facing ...

ASIC bans SMSF business director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
ASIC banned the director of a firm allowing people to illegally access their superannuation early to buy a home. The corporate regulator slapped Max David Goldenberg with an eight year ban from providing financial services and engaging in credit activities ...

ASIC to review end of grandfathering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
ASIC will review the progress of transition away from grandfathered conflicted remuneration arrangements for financial advisers. Announced today, the review follows the government's commitment to end the practice by January 2021. ASIC said it will review ...

ASIC accelerates enforcement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
In ASIC's latest enforcement update, the regulator has made clear it is accelerating enforcement action now that the Office of Enforcement is open for business. From January to June 2019, 10 individuals were charged in criminal proceedings brought by ...

BlackRock appoints Melbourne head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
The US $6.8 trillion global investment giant has appointed a head of Melbourne in a newly-created role following strong demand for its strategies from local investors. David Porter will move from London where he is the managing director, head of UK ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
In his outing before the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on August 9, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe practically gave his nod of approval in Financial Standard 's clear as the crystal ball's ...

FASEA approves more coursework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has approved a number of education credits and bridging courses to help financial advisers meet its education standards. Coursework offered by the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA), CFA ...

Super trustees to formulate whistleblower policies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The corporate regulator is expecting superannuation trustees to have whistleblower policies in place 1 January 2020. ASIC is broadening the whistleblower regime introduced on 1 July 2019 in an effort to reform to the corporate sector. It is proposing ...

Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The endemic use of headline returns to pit a superannuation fund's performance against another has renewed calls for a fairer, like-for-like comparison that focuses on risk as the key metric. The propensity for research houses, the media - and even ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
How low can they go? Be afraid, be very afraid. A great number of investors are buying into the relative safety of long-term government bonds despite their dwindling yields, and in the case of the Japanese and Eurozone 10-year government bonds, negative ...