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Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
It's a hat trick! Three central bank meetings, all three cut interest rates, all three policy decisions a surprise. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) cut the official cash rate by 50 bps to a new record low of 1% at its August meeting. This ...

Adviser stole $200k from SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) permanently banned a former financial adviser who stole more than $200,000 from client self-managed superannuation funds. Robert Michael of Bentleigh, Victoria has been permanently banned from ...

AMP MDA constraints frustrate advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
The additional conditions imposed on AMP Financial Planning's managed discretionary account (MDA) licence has resulted in so many constraints on financial advisers that the offering is reportedly "unusable". A source told Financial Standard that AMP ...

Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
A former financial adviser in the US will spend the next 20 years behind bars after defrauding retiree investors of $30 million, some of which was used to fund religious ceremonies to ward off federal investigators. Dawn Bennett of Maryland was this ...

ASIC warns trustees on employer inducements

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
Corporate regulator ASIC is reinforcing the illegality of superannuation funds inducing employers and the serious consequences that come with breaching the new law. ASIC released Infosheet 241 on Wednesday, reminding trustees that influencing employers ...

Lloyds, pension fund pay $250m settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
Lloyds Banking Group will pay $250 million in compensation to Standard Life Aberdeen following its attempt to pull a $186 billion mandate in February 2018. Lloyds Banking Group and its subsidiary, Scottish Widows, reached a final settlement with Standard ...

First State Super, VicSuper merger talks progress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
First State Super and VicSuper have now signed a Binding Heads of Agreement to merge, with leadership roles and a 2020 deadline confirmed. In an update, the funds said a successful merger would see the creation of a $120 billion fund serving more than ...

Portfolio manager caught out faking returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
A portfolio manager artificially inflated a fund's returns and collected a large bonus on the back of it, the US corporate regulator alleged. New Jersey-based portfolio manager and trader Swapnil Rege was employed by a company referred to as Fund Adviser ...

NAB names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
NAB named a former Commonwealth Bank executive as its new group chief executive and managing director. Ross McEwan will take over the top job no later than April 2020, the group announced today. McEwan has been chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
A $2.7 billion industry superannuation has welcomed a new chair, as well as a deputy chair. Janet Torney has been appointed chair of Club Plus Super, while Steve Whan is the new deputy chair. Torney takes over from Tara Moriarty, who stepped down after ...