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ANZ cleared of $50m fee bungle

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
ASIC has cleared ANZ of the $50 million fee-for-no-service misconduct connected to its Prime Access offering. The corporate regulator said it is satisfied by the audited attestation it received from ANZ, signed by managing director private banking and ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
What do we want! More rate cuts! The depreciation in the A$/US$ exchange rate to as low as US$0.6902 immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) - from US$0.6949 a day earlier - released its 'Labour Force' report for May ...

AMP Super, board slapped with licence conditions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
APRA announced this morning it is taking action on AMP's superannuation business and board, concerned they breached several areas of superannuation law. AMP Superannuation and N.M. Superannuation Proprietary, collectively known as AMP Super, were ...

Fund manager exits global debt, chief resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Supervised Investments' chief executive Michael Ohlsson has resigned following a decision by the fund manager to pull out of global debt markets. In a statement to Financial Standard, Ohlsson said Supervised Investments Australia Limited (SIAL) has ...

Tribeca's Fenton to set up shop at Channel

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
The former co-portfolio manager of the $978 million Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund is getting ready to start a new long/short investment firm with the Sydney-based multi-boutique. Sean Fenton and three others are expected to launch a new equities boutique ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Millennial super products still just hype

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
Millennials control $130 billion of superannuation money but most products pitched specifically at them have been slow to take off, new Rainmaker research shows. Australia had 19 superannuation products designed for millennials and marketed as app-based ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mexico (and the world) is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump's tweet "indefinitely" suspending his tariff threat against America's southern neighbour. But POTUS being Trump, he's exploited this "win" to issue fresh tariff threats versus ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Crude oil prices have dropped, turning this year's bull market into a bear market. Oil prices rallied nearly 50% from January to April this year on the back of the Fed's pause; China's stimulus measures and expectations of continued easy ...

Top performing ESG options revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
In honour of World Environment Day, Rainmaker has ranked the top performing ESG investment options offered by superannuation funds. Latest Rainmaker analysis shows ESG options offered by super funds are some of the most consistent performers over one ...