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Industry flocks to JobKeeper handouts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Nearly 13,500 businesses in financial services and insurance enrolled for JobKeeper payments, according to an industry-level breakdown from the Australian Taxation Office. JobKeeper enrolments crossed 835,000 businesses employing over 5.5 million workers ...

Financial stress increases despite relaxed conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Australians are more financially stressed than they were before the Prime Minister announced plans to restart the nation's economy, according to latest research. The latest wave of the Melbourne Institute's Taking the pulse of the nation survey shows ...

Former CBA executive nabs industry body lead role

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A former Commonwealth Bank executive has nabbed a new chief executive role, following an extensive national recruitment process. The Insurance Council of Australia has announced the appointment of Andrew Hall as chief executive and executive director ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Forget Australia's simmering political and trade tension with China, there's one building right inside our very borders. Canberra's worried that Beijing's ban on beef imports, increased tariff on barley could extend to boycott of Australia's ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
QSuper will take the management of its social responsible investment option in house and has changed the definition of pandemic illness. AMP Capital will no longer manage QSuper's socially responsible investment option as of 1 July 2020. "This change ...

ASIC revokes AFSL suspension, cancels another

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a financial services provider and revoked its suspension of a separate AFSL. The regulator revoked the ASFL of NSW-based Tailormade Financial Strategies, effective 9 April 2020. ASIC said it cancelled the AFSL because ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
APRA has released the newest ERS statistics for the week ending May 10, revealing funds have slipped in meeting the five-day deadline. The weekly report shows 94% of funds paid applications within five business days, down from 96% the previous week. ...

Pendal awards registry mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
ASX-listed Pendal Group has picked a new unit registry provider for $19 billion in funds under administration across its Australian funds. Mainstream Group Holdings'Australian business has entered a five-plus-five-year agreement with Pendal to provide ...

Powerwrap inks strategic partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
Powerwrap is now the global administration partner of a New York based alternative investments platform provider. The Australian platform provider has inked a deal to be administration partner of Qualis Capital. The firm is new on the scene, and plans ...

FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Both the government and the opposition have been happy to blame one another for the Parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension bill this week. Was the parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension a cheap political stunt by the opposition ...