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Morgans snaps up CommSec Advisory business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Morgans has acquired CommSec Advisory for an undisclosed sum, after winning a tender conducted by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. There are about 18 financial advisers in the team who collectively manage around $4 billion on behalf of clients. Both ...

APRA considers appeal in IOOF case

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has labelled its failed action against IOOF and five of its senior officers as a test case. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said the regulator was disappointed by the decision last week but added the case ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Sub-one percent official cash rate here we come! The Australian dollar's near half a cent drop to US$67.84 on the day immediately following the US Federal Reserve's announced a 25 bp cut in the fed funds rate underscores financial markets' ...

La Trobe Financial expands executive team

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Blackstone portfolio company La Trobe Financial recently expanded its executive team with the appointment of three senior banking veterans. With assets under management of $9 billion, alternative asset manager La Trobe Financial announced the appointment ...

Pinnacle ramps up distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Pinnacle is expanding its distribution team with a new appointment from JCP Investment Partners. Wes Campbell will be joining Pinnacle as director, distribution. He was most recently executive director and head of business development at JCP Investment ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Like the fable of the "boiling frog" - put a frog into boiling water, the frog will jump out, put it in cold/tepid water and bring the water slowly to a boil and it will be cooked to death - the Australian economy is slowly being boiled... to death. ...

Calls to give ASIC power to repair reputations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
A prominent lawyer has argued ASIC should be given the power to issue "no action letters" to those not under formal investigation for wrongdoing following the Royal Commission. Philip Crutchfield, QC, who previously acted for the corporate watchdog ...

Global asset manager moves into healthcare

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
An international asset manager has bought two hospitals in Queensland, marking its entrance into the Australian healthcare sector. AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has entered the Australian healthcare sector with an investment on behalf of clients ...

BT faces fees for no service class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Westpac confirmed it has received a class action filed against BT Funds Management and Westpac Life Insurance Services in relation to BT's Super for Life cash investment option. Slater & Gordon filed the action on behalf of Tracey Ghee. Westpac ...

Chief economist update: Foolish takeaway on US-China talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." - former US President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., 17 September ...