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Another sentenced in ATO fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
A man has been sentenced to over seven years in jail for his role as principal conspirator in a syndicate alleged to have defrauded the Commonwealth of more than $105 million over three years. Simon Anquetil pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to ...

Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
"We are all prisoners here of our own device." - Hotel California, The Eagles Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared Victoria in a "State of Disaster" from 6pm on August 2 and imposed Stage 4 restrictions that will run for six weeks (until September ...

AMP, BT and CBA to face class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
A new class action from Shine Lawyers alleges that more than half a million Australians were charged excessive insurance premiums by financial advisers aligned with AMP, BT and Commonwealth Bank. Proceedings have already been filed against AMP, which ...

Chief economist update: A tiny bug takes down the largest economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... and renewed restrictions in an increasing number of US states that are experiencing rising infections. A fact not lost on US Fed chair Jerome Powell. At a press conference following the 28-29 July FOMC meeting, Powell declared: "We have seen some signs ...

AIST pushes for policy reform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has pushed for greater regulatory reform, in a bid to scale up super fund investment in infrastructure, energy and housing. In a statement sent to state governments, relevant department heads and the ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Down, down, prices are down... big time! The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's headline inflation dropped by 1.9% in the June quarter - the largest quarter on quarter decline in the 72-year history that the statistician ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
A class action has been filed against AMP by its own advisers in relation to the institution's decision to slash Buyer of Last Resort valuations last year. Almost one year on from the news BOLR valuations would be cut from 4x recurring revenue to ...

ASIC terminates illegal investment scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
The Federal Court has taken action to dissolve an unregistered investment scheme operated by a former AMP authorised representative. MyWealth Manager was operated by Mustafa Mohammed, along with Mahek Mustafa, Mubashir Mohammed. The scheme related to ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Gold prices have already been on the up and up last year, buoyed by major world central banks' about face towards a more accommodative policy - led by the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts (July, September and October 2019). Gold prices ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... April. We based this on what the US Federal Reserve did," Griffin said. There were many solvency concerns at the time, but the Fed took that off the table, so we put the money back into work into those e-commerce, internet and healthcare companies we ...