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Status quo not option for remuneration: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
APRA chair Helen Rowell used her speech at an Australian Institute of Company Directors breakfast to push the ongoing need for accountability in financial services and said APRA plans to push ahead with its draft remuneration plan despite harsh criticism. ...

Former SMSFA chair returns to role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... period of enormous change, I remain confident that the new regulatory, legislative, and educational framework, which aims to raise the standards across the industry, will be conducive to a business environment in which the SMSF specialist can flourish," ...

JP Morgan appoints two Aussie leads

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
JP Morgan has appointed not one, but two co-heads to lead the firm's investment banking business down under. Jabe Jerram and Simon Ranson have been appointed as co-heads of JP Morgan's investment banking coverage. A JP Morgan spokesperson said the appointments ...

Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... before being postponed to April 2017 before being deferred to October 2019. Seven months before, I opined that " Japan should raise taxes another day ". But what do I know? Sure, sure our uncles and their dogs could understand Tokyo's impatience ...

FSC calls for CSLR claims cap

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called for the government to cap compensation claims over financial misconduct at "reasonable levels" so as not to create a "moral hazard". In a submission to the Treasury's Compensation Scheme of Last Resort ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... voluntarily withdrew this statement. The ACCC alleges that the banks made the agreement together after a failed capital raise that led to an oversupply of ANZ shares. ACCC general manager Jane Lin testified that Herbert-Smith "attempted to characterise ...

Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... December, it dropped the fees on the Pendal Sustainable funds (balanced a conservative), as it looked to issue a PDS and raise money form retail investors. In the past, the two sustainable funds were available through an information memorandum to sophisticated ...

Australia's fastest growing investment managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
A Chicago fund manager tops the list of the 50 fastest-growing investment managers that raise assets from Aussie investors, according to Rainmaker Research. William Blair, whose Sydney office is led by Alexander Rolfe, swelled its FUM from just $7 million ...

Non-bank lender acquires Melbourne firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
A Sydney commercial real estate investment manager has acquired a Melbourne firm in a bid for further growth. Pallas Capital has acquired specialist real estate capital placement and advisory firm Gravitas Group earlier this month. Pallas Capital chair ...

Calls for disability insurance reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
The Actuaries Institute has called for urgent reform of Australia's $5 billion disability income insurance sector. The institute said it has established a taskforce saying that failure to implement significant changes will reduce consumer access to ...