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ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
ASIC's favourite method of tackling misconduct came under fire as the Royal Commission capped off its round of superannuation hearings on Friday. First up was Tim Mullaly, a senior executive leader in ASIC's financial services enforcement division. ...

T. Rowe Price names new APAC distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
T. Rowe Price has announced a new lead for its Asia Pacific distribution business following the promotion of Scott Keller. Currently head of the Asia ex Japan institutional business, Nick Trueman has been appointed head of Global Investment Management ...

ANZ grilled over Smart Choice sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
The selling of superannuation products by ANZ branch staff has been called into question, with the Royal Commission suggesting the bank's practices are misleading and deceptive. Appearing before the Commission this morning, ANZ head of superannuation ...

Poor systems delay MySuper transitions: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
Operational constraints and poor systems once again took a beating at this morning's Royal Commission hearing, contributing to what Colonial First State admits was a lengthy transition of members to MySuper products. CFS executive general manager ...

Janus Henderson promotes Aussie team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Janus Henderson Investors made two promotions in its Australian fixed interest team which currently manages $13.7 billion for institutional and retail clients. Portfolio manager Jay Sivapalan is moving into the position of co-head of Janus Henderson ...

IOOF executives dismiss conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
IOOF left some superannuation members in expensive legacy products despite board members recognising conflicts of interest existed in choosing to boost revenues over meeting "community expectations." The financial services Royal Commission continued ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
"...the next move in the OCR could be up or down". This was a fair enough hedged bet from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - more like the oft-repeated statements from other central banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Australians, all, there's now 25 million of us... and counting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's population reached 25 million shortly after 11pm AEST on August 7. According to the report, population has ...

NULIS names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
NULIS Nominees has appointed a new chair, replacing Nicole Smith, who is due to appear before the financial services Royal Commission this week. According to the latest NULIS Nominees Executive Officer Disclosure, Peter Promnitz was appointed as chair ...

ASIC identifies potential risks in ETP market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
ASIC has identified three potential risks in the $40 billion market for exchange-traded products, following a review triggered by SMSFs and retail investors' growing investment in the vehicles. The three risks in the ETP markets were: temporary widening ...