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Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... over the past three months, the unemployment rate would hit the RBA's 2021 forecast of 6.0% in the next two months (March)... and that's despite the participation rate remaining at around 17-month highs - itself, a measure of workers' optimism ...

First Sentier funds appoint new RE

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... after shareholder vote and retires Colonial First State Investment Limited (CFSIL). The RE transition comes into effect on March 1. The funds that will undergo the change include products in the First Sentier, RealIndex and Stewart Investors brands. ...

Countdown to FASEA exam deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... will no longer be able to practice as registered financial advisers. There are 1900 candidates already registered for the March exam, the 11 th sitting of the FASEA exam since June 2019. "Registering for March will enable candidates the opportunity to ...

HUB24 lifts inflows, profit flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... Trends," Alcock said. The platform said the proposed $60 million acquisition of Xplore Wealth is on track to be completed on 2 March 2021. In addition, HUB24 anticipates a proportional takeover of Easton and the divestment of its financial advice licensee ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... established a working group to identify cases of unlicensed financial product advice and take action where appropriate. Since March 2020, ASIC has observed a spike in complaints about such conduct, including unlicensed financial advice provided through ...

Aon, WTW merger will reduce competition: ACCC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... and at the special meeting of WTW shareholders which was ordered by the High Court of Ireland. The merger was proposed in March 2020 with an agreement to merge operations in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of about $121 ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... growth outlook. It now appears that the unemployment rate has already peaked. Although the end of the JobKeeper program in March creates some uncertainty for the near term, over the whole forecast period employment growth is expected to remain solid ...

Continuous disclosure laws to stay

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... actions" under continuous disclosure laws, he said, noting that during the temporary provision period (due to expire in March 2021), Treasury found an increase in the number of material announcements to the market, relative to the same period last year. ...

CBA guilty of deceptive conduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... comply with financial services laws, in contravention of the Corporations Act. CBA admitted that from 1 December 2014 to 31 March 2018 it provided customers with terms and conditions for certain credit facilities that stated an interest rate to be charged ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... infection from the coronavirus, it's the vertigo-inducing rally on Wall Street. After dropping to three-year lows in March last year, US equities have rocketed higher and higher to new highs. The S&P 500 index has risen by 75.8% to date from the ...