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Court restricts Mayfair advertising

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... Mayfair's use of Google Ad Words meant that when consumers searched for term deposits, bank term deposit, term deposit alternative or term investment Mayfair debenture products would appear as sponsored links. Justice Anderson of the Federal Court ...

BlackRock profits slump during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
The investing giant reported a 23% fall in its net income and investors flocked to cash management products over BlackRock's other offerings during the March quarter. BlackRock, which manages about US$7.1 trillion in average AUM, generated US$806 million ...

QSuper board takes AFCA decision to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... latter, the question was merely one of the construction of the scope of that section," it said. QSuper also made an alternative argument that if AFCA was authorised to make the decision, the decision involved an error of law - namely that in making a ...

ASIC demands compliance despite COVID-19

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... regulatory obligations in the COVID-19 context, assessing the effectiveness of their business continuity plans and alternative working arrangements so as to comply with all regulatory requirements." Earlier in the week, the regulator revealed the extent ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Global consulting firm McKinsey & Company has issued a new report on how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact wealth management in the Asia Pacific region, including what might happen if the virus continues to spread. "Past epidemic crises have had sharp ...

Industry fund continues investment team expansion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... director of multi-asset solutions at Deutsche Bank, in a role that saw him lead the build-out of a custom cross-asset alternative risk premier portfolio. Galloway said he had enjoyed his time at the fund so far, and was excited to take on the new role. ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... Geffin said. "The common theme in these disclosures is low cash and fixed income, and then allocating infrastructure, alternative credit and property to 'defensives'." Rainmaker head of research Alex Dunnin agrees that terms like 'balanced' are so ambiguous ...

BlackRock lead portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... become co-heads of global emerging market equities, while Sam Vecht will become head of emerging Europe, frontiers and alternative strategies. All three report to Boa. "While Andrew's departure is certainly a loss to the platform, we have taken the necessary ...

Latest adviser exam results in

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... open on July 6. In March FASEA announced the April exam would go online. At the time the June exam was offered as an alternative for those that still wished to complete the exam face-to-face.

Mayfair 101 accused of misleading advertising

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... Mayfair's use of Google Ad Words meant that when consumers searched for term deposits, bank term deposit, term deposit alternative or term investment Mayfair debenture products would appear as sponsored links. "Mayfair debenture products are comparable ...