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CFS and a messy MySuper transition

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Colonial First State's messy MySuper transition came under the Royal Commission's lens on Tuesday. Taking the witness box, Colonial First State executive general manager Linda Elkins told the Commission CFS initially failed to transition 13,000 members ...

Financial crime taskforce puts two behind bars

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
The Serious and Financial Crimes Taskforce has helped put two men behind bars for laundering money and evading tax. Anthony Castagna and Robert Agius, both from New South Wales, were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment each. The pair used an ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Think it's called a "swan dive" not a "Turkey" dive but this is exactly what the Turkish lira did over the past week as it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America ...

Funds SA appoints chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
The $30 billion public fund manager has chosen a former UniSuper head of public markets to chair its board, while another investment veteran is joining the board as a director. Both spots opened up when former South Australia Deputy Premier and Treasurer ...

Investment platform CFO steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
The chief financial officer of an ASX-listed investment platform has stepped down, with the role to now be outsourced. Share trading platform SelfWealth (SWF) announced it has engaged the services of The CFO Solution, a provider of outsourced administration ...

XPLAN picks up Lumen integration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... analytics solution Lumen with its XPLAN software suite. IRESS said XPLAN's integration with Lumen - which it acquired in April - would allow licensees to match and analyse additional proprietary or third-party data. According to IRESS managing director ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
"The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you have perfect certainty." - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney The Bank of England (BOE) finally went ahead and did it. It lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% at the conclusion of its ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside the box. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the June quarter ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil slips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
If one were to time the genesis of the recent surge in oil prices, it would have to be Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's interview with Time magazine around mid-April this year when he hinted at wanting the price of crude to reach around ...

AMP claims director exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
The director of claims at AMP has resigned after a little over 12 months in the role. AMP confirmed Jen Mitchell has left the organisation, with Margot Wilson taking her place on an interim basis. Melbourne-based Mitchell joined AMP as head of claims ...