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CBA enters APRA EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
APRA has accepted an Enforceable Undertaking from Commonwealth Bank, having determined the bank's operational risk management framework "worked better on paper than in practice." Releasing the final report of its prudential inquiry into CBA, the regulator ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Water risk is becoming a threat to Australia's $56 billion agriculture industry, forcing producers to modify practices and compelling investors to find new means to de-risk portfolios. Institutional investors' growing interest in agribusiness is a boon ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The managed account provider brought into the Royal Commission spotlight by Henderson Maxwell chief executive Sam Henderson has distanced itself from the situation. A line of questioning during Henderson's appearance at the Commission on Tuesday saw ...

ANZ, NAB bottom lines take a hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
ANZ and NAB painted a bleak profitability outlook for shareholders, flagging massive losses ahead of their 2018 half-year reporting period in early May. ANZ will incur a loss of $632 million from the sale of its life insurance, and pensions and investments ...

Government ramps up ASIC powers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
In light of the Royal Commission, the Turnbull Government has increased criminal and civil penalties for corporate misconduct and boosted ASIC's surveillance powers. Treasurer Scott Morrison and Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer ...

Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Speculators speculating on the US Federal Reserve's next monetary policy movement should pay close attention to the Beige Book Report. The "book" isn't made up of figures and numbers and stats but instead anecdotal evidence on the state of the US economy. ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
The US consumer is back...and with a vengeance. Retail sales rebounded by a higher than expected 0.6% in the month of March following three consecutive months of declines - 0.1% in December, -0.2% in January, -0.1% in February - that took the annual ...

AMP's buyer of last resort measures scrutinised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
AMP has admitted that its Buyer of Last Resort measures, up until June 2017, were designed to incentivise financial advisers to show preference for its in-house platforms. Giving evidence on the first day of the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
War: it seems that US president Donald Trump cannot get enough of it. Trump began his war crusade with the media (and fake news), then moved on to North Korea (although this was instigated by Kim's nuclear "exercises"), then trade and China, last weekend ...

DigitalX launches crypto-heavy fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Listed crypto advisory firm DigitalX has launched a fund that will predominantly invest in cryptocurrencies and form part of its newly-formed funds management division led by a former Ellerston Capital portfolio manager. Its inaugural fund, DigitalX ...