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ASIC to crack down on platform fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... breaches, ASIC wanted proof of them having been reported- and if not, why not. Speaking with Financial Standard, Mason Stevens managing director Thomas Bignill explained that Mason Stevens has been part of an ASIC questionnaire regarding managed discretionary ...

$50bn super fund links with software firm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
A $50 billion industry superannuation fund partnered with a global investment data management software firm. Matrix has been selected by Cbus to provide the giant superannuation fund with investment management software designed to analyse the fund's ...

Former financial adviser jailed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
A former financial adviser who used $5 million in client funds to prop up his own business, pay off his credit cards and gamble has been jailed. James Gibbs was convicted of theft and dishonesty offences committed when he was director of James Gibbs ...

Reforms see super fees in flux

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... Super is a choice fund, so our members have actively chosen to join," Maloney says. Mercer head of corporate super Darren Stevens agreed the reforms have put the sector under pressure, but Mercer's Super Trust wouldn't increase funds as a result. He ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... remembered in history as the man who took Australia's official cash rate from a historic low of 1.5% - set under Glen Stevens one month before he stepped down as RBA head honcho in September 2016 - to a new record low of 1.25% at 1430 hours (AEST) ...

Managed Account Awards finalists revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... Management Resonant Shaw and Partners Soteria Capital Watershed Funds Management Australian Fixed Interest JB Were Mason Stevens Prime Financial Group Real Asset Management Royston Capital

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe provided the clearest indication yet that the Australian central bank is poised to cut interest rates, potentially at its June 4 meeting. The transcript of Lowe's speech - titled 'The Economic ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
"Annual wages in seasonally adjusted terms grew 2.3% for the third quarter in a row. The main contributors to growth over the quarter were regularly scheduled wage rises in the health care and social assistance and education and training industries ...

Mercer names administration services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... was head of operations at MiFund, which provides loans for medical treatments. Mercer commercial operations leader Chris Stevens said: "With Craig at the helm, drawing on his experience in high-volume, fast-paced and highly regulated customer focused ...

What will super funds get from the ASX CHESS replacement?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... Australia's $2.8 trillion pool of superannuation assets benefit? That's a question ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens addressed at the annual Macquarie Australia conference. "I would suggest that it is quite a low bar to expect that fully implemented ...